Breast feeding and starting to give a pacifyer....?

Question

What is the "right" time to introduce pacifyer usage for a baby that is breast fed? I suspect the first days or weeks of life may be too early but is this correct?. If started too early will it harm the effectiveness of the breast only feeding?

Answer 1

The first days might be a bit early but within the first month is fine, or you may find the baby is adverse to an artificial nipple. Breast fed babies are very good at letting moms know when the pacifier WONT do the trick, so just introduce it after the first couple of weeks when you know the baby is not hungry and you should be fine.

Answer 2

Hi Darling,

How old is your baby? Mine is already going to 13 months old and I b/fed him till 12 months.

Actually, pacifier is a CHOICE. You can choose to give the baby one or not.

If you do give it to them, why do you give it to them?

Some people give the baby pacifiers to comfort them when weaning. Some give it to them to comfort them to help them to sleep better. Some just give them cos they want to shut the babies up.

It really is not a big deal when you introduce your pacifier as there are pacifiers for newborns as well ;)

Yur baby will be trying to learn how to suckle for milk in the first few days or even weeks of his or her life. Pacifiers will not harm the effecitveness of breast feeding but there may not really be a need since your baby will be mostly either nursing or sleeping and not really awake in between.

Good for you that you are going to breastfeed fully ;) Do remember to pump out at least once and feed via the bottle so tat you baby gets used to both the bottle and the breasts in case he prefers the breasts only and refuse to drink milk when fed from a bottle.

PS: my baby and babies of many pple i know survived well without pacifiers ;)

Good luck!

Answer 3

My baby was breast fed for a while after he was born. In the hospital they said no pacifier but they eventually gave him one anyways. He still breast fed and took the pacifier after leaving the hospital. It made it easier to go from breast to bottle for some feedings actually.

Answer 4

Why on earth would you want to "introduce" a pacifier? It's not something a baby needs and it's better off if you use other methods of soothing a crying infant. Skip the pacifier and save yourself a headache down the road!

Please read this:
http://parenting.ivillage.com/newborn/nbreastfeed/0,,40qt,00.html?ice=ivla%252Crellnk%252Crlbox%252Clnk1

Answer 5

My daughter had a pacifier on the day she was born...it seemed as big as her head back then... :) I nursed her, and she had no problem. She also had no problem using a bottle either..when I had to work and such. Lots of people will tell you that the baby won't go back to nursing if you give them a bottle...but it was no problem for my daughter. Nursing is harder work than a bottle for a baby, so sometimes they get frustrated....but if you are willing to work at it, you should be fine, as long as your child has been nursing regularly, and knows how it all works. Good luck!

and p.s.: get rid of the binky before it becomes your childs best friend...probably before he/she is a year old...otherwise it leads to trouble....I thought for a while mine was going to take hers to college... :)

Answer 6

No.
Some people give them in hospital.
It just depends on why you want to use it.
If baby is extremely fussy between feedings thien I say go for it.
Should not matter whether bottle or breast fed.Mine did fine.

Answer 7

Start now, or they probably won't take it later, and being the mother of 5 kids -- that I breastfed, it is really hard to get them to take ANyTHiNG else. So for your sanity-- start NOW!!!

won't harm breastfeeding at all.