what do you think about pacifier? My 5 -1/2 month old baby only fall asleep with a pacifier...?

Question

and sometime when she wakes up at night (she sleeps over night) she will want a pacifier,if i don;t give it to her she will cry..., but she will fall back to sleep quickly if i give it ot her...Is it bad...I heard some people say it's bad...what y'all think? If it's bad how to break it?

Thanks Ladies, but I forgot to mention, I have a 2 years old daughter too, and recently she saw her little sister sucking on a pacifier, she sometimes grabs it from her sister and stick it in her mouth...I'm worried she might addict to it too...because she only liked it for a short while when she was infant and get rid of it herself...!
I agree that a pacifier is better than sucking her thumb....! I just hope she will not so addict to it...!Thanks for your ideas!

Answer 1

It's comforting to her, let her have it. Transitioning from mom's womb to the big, bad world is a scary transition. Sleeping all alone in a big, cold crib is also a scary transition. So, if she find comfort in a pacifier, let her have it.

Pretty soon, in the next two or three months, she'll be able to find it and stick it back into her own mouth when it falls out, and then you won't have to be bothered by it anymore.

Around 12 months, you'll want to start a "pacifiers only at bed and naptime" rule, or she'll become an addict.

Around 2 years old is a goo time to get rid of it completely. They're young enough to not put up much fight, and can be manipulated into getting rid of it, but old enough to negotiate and discuss it with them.

Answer 2

Well... if sleep is bad...
My daughter uses a pacifier too... and she is 17 months. She was the same, she needed it to sleep, and it made her a great sleeper!!! She's still a great sleeper.
I spoke to my dentist about it, and here's what he said...
if you takeaway the pacifier, they're going to want something to replace it with, suchas a bottle or a thumb. A bottle and a thumb are far more damaging to the jaw and the teeth than a pacifier is.
There is concern about pacifiers is that the constant sucking with do damage to the baby's growing jaw, but if you use an orthodontic pacifier (it'll say on the package), you reduce that risk.
Your baby is young still, I wouldn't be concerned yet. But if she ever shows signs of notbeing interested in it anymore... take that opportunity to get rid of it.
My niece just stopped using her, and she's 2 1/2.

Oh yeah... and the not learning to talk thing... that's not true... my daughter talks a lot. Just limit pacifier use to naps and bedtime if possible.

Answer 3

I didn't like the idea of pacifiers, and did not use one with my daughter, but my son really really needed to suck, and I was breastfeeding - there is only so long you can do that before you start worrying about something falling off!! Anyway, we used the pacifier and it allowed him to settle into sleep quite nicely. When he was about 10 months old, he started throwing it out of his crib, and I took that as a cue that he really didn't need it anymore. And, he gave it up quite easily. So, I wouldn't be too worried about your baby getting addicted.

Answer 4

If it soothes your baby, let her have it. If it allows her to fall asleep, then give it to her by all means. Do what works for you & your baby. A day will come when she'll give the pacifier up. They have pacifier straps that keep the pacifier from falling on the floor/ground, especially when you're out & about.

Answer 5

pacifiers are not bad for infants i would start taking it away at 1 - 1 1/2 years of age as of now if that what she needs to go back to sleep then give it to her pacifiers actually decrease the risk of sudden infant death syndrom (sids) the back to sleep campaign actually advises that parents offer the baby a pacifier at night so go ahead give her the pacifier and dont feel guitly your doing the right thing good night :)

Answer 6

Pacifiers will damage her theeth, also it will take longer for her to learn how to talk.
She still young, my baby is 9 months still uses it. It's good if you star from now little by little. Try taking it out after she sleeping. If she still cry, during the day put something on the pacifier, with a bad taste like aloe vera and give it to her and she wont like it because of the taste and then she will hate it. Do it for a couple of days if you have to. don't worried aloe vera its good for her. Or you can go with somethig else that has a very bad taste. good luck.

Answer 7

It can be bad, it can affect their teeth, and not to mention what a difficult habit it is to get over. My nephew is 3 and he wont let go of it, my niece stopped using it, a month before she began school, and by then she was way over 4 years old, I think she was over 4 1/2.
My first baby never accepted it, so I had no problem there, my second baby did like it, but I only let her use it for a few months, around 4 or 5 months, I made myself take it away, she did cry for it, but I would hold her and soothe her until she fell asleep. She forgot about it really quick, within a couple of days.
You can try doing that, it might be difficult to see her cry for it, but she will get use to not having it anymore, and it will be much more easier on you to make her stop using it now rather than later.
Not to mention, that when they grow older they leave it all over the place and they find it and stick it in their mouths, and God know what germs they are putting in their mouths. Just get the strength to take it away now, she will get use to not having it and it will be much easier on you.

Answer 8

Let the baby have her pacifier..it helps both you and her..its a calming effect for her like a security blanket. and right now she needs that. As far as the 2 year old she see the baby getting something and thinks she will get attention for it..I say just ignore her with it and even tell her shes a big girl and that the baby is the only one who needs it right now and when the baby gets big like her then it won't need it eith and tell her to show the baby how a big girl acts..Make her seem to herself that she is to big for one..

Hope this works out..

Answer 9

i was watching a programme a few weeks ago and it had a baby expert on there and she was talking about pacifiers(dummies in UK) she said why would u want to refuse ur child something that gives her comfort. she also said there is no evidence of them damaging babies teeth and is alot better for them then them sucking their thumb.
my daughter had one and one day she just decided she didnt want it anymore.

hope this helps

Answer 10

She likes her pacifier becasue it sooths her. Nothing wrong with that,. She sucked her thumb in your womb, it is antural for a baby to suck for soothing. I think it is perfectly fine to let a baby be able to sooth and comfort themselve.