I had decided I would really not like my baby using them as they are hard to give up and I dont like the sight of toddlers walking round with them in, but Ive heard they reduce SIDS by 50%.
2007-12-19 06:41:22 · 38 answers · asked by KATIE K 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Just three short years ago, there was no evidence to suggest that using a pacifier could prevent SIDS. I was very against using one with my son, and was quite relieved that he never was hooked on one. He was also exclusively breastfed, and it's recommended that breastfed babies don't take any artificial nipple, if possible. Then, about a year ago, I started reading about the new evidence that pacifier use during the first six months may reduce the risk of SIDS. So I'm going to try one with Baby #2, but only at bedtime/naptime. When he (or she) is 6 months old, I'm going to take it away. I really don't want to be the mother of one of the giant toddlers I see in stores sucking away at a piece of plastic. But then again, I don't want my infant to die of SIDS, either.
2007-12-19 06:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by SoBox 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I gave one to my daughter as having something that would comfort her in her early baby years was much more preferable than having her crying endlessly and in a state.. the fact that they are hard to give up never really entered my head.. just thought would deal with that when time came.
Once she was 18 months and learning to talk the time did indeed come and to wean her off I would take the dummy out once she was asleep/reduced time give - easier to distract at that age. Then eventually cut the teat off and when she saw just the disc remaining she realised that she was now becoming a 'big girl'..
Personally I do not like toddlers having them as it may interfere with speech/teeth growth etc and so would not have let her have one then but when she was a baby i thought they were fanatastic.
The fact recent research shows that they may even keep a young babies airways open and help prevents cot death is great - do what you feel is right for your baby.. sure it will take inventiveness to wean them off but a couple of days of griping is nothing compared to a year and a half of comfort.
Good luck
2007-12-19 07:00:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they are great for the first year or so and then take them off of it after the risk of sids drops. My son is 16 months old and he is still on it. I really want to get him off of the pacifier and we tried but we also have a 7 week old baby and when he sees the baby with hers, he wants his. I decided to take my daughter off of it when she is about 6 months old and take my son off of it at the same time so that he doesnt see her with it anymore. I guess its hard when you have two babies at home because the older baby feels as if the younger baby is taking over, and as a mother I feel guilty so its really hard to get him off now.
2007-12-19 07:08:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter had a dummy from birth. I only used to give it to her at nap times and bedtimes as i didn't want her having one all the time. By the time that she was 5 and a half months old she didn't have it any more. One day she just kept pushing it out so i just stopped giving her one. She is now 21 months old and has never had one since. My niece died of cot death at 6 weeks old so anything that helps reduce that risk is worth it
2007-12-19 08:47:46 · answer #4 · answered by Courtney and Jazmine's mummy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son didn't use one until he was about 6 months old. He's now 2 and as much as I hate that thing, he only gets it for bedtime and when he's chewing on his hand. And I do mean chewing until the skin breaks. Some babies really do have a need to pacify themselves.
2007-12-19 09:53:39 · answer #5 · answered by **A*L** 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I let my son use one in the car when I was the one driving before he was old enough to really see well. By 3 months he never used it anymore.
I dont like them. I think theyre just dreadful, and theres nothing worse than a toddler talking around a thing in their mouth.
I never let him have it to fall asleep, only when he needed pacifying, (thus the name) and I wasnt able to do it because I was busy.
2007-12-19 06:45:36 · answer #6 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
My daughter had hers for the first 7months before I took it away b/c I was afraid it would be to hard to take it from her and my son quit using his at 4 months b/c he didnt want it anymore. I am definitely not against them as long as it is gone by a year old. I agree I hate seeing toddlers walking and talking with one in their mouth.
2007-12-19 06:46:10 · answer #7 · answered by desiwallace24 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They do not reduce SIDS by that much. It's a much smaller amount.
Neither of my children would take a pacifier. They hated them with a passion. I wanted them to have one, just to reduce the comfort nursing, but nothing doing. I think that if you're going to give one to your baby, just make sure you wean them from it by the time they're 5-6 months old, once most of the sucking need has past and before they get TOO attached to it.
2007-12-19 06:46:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Sucking is very natural and soothing for infants and it does reduces the risk of SIDS!
I do agree with you though that after 1 year they should be weaned off of it! I think that just taking it away is the best way , yeah they'll cry for it for a week or so, then they'll move on!
2007-12-19 06:45:49 · answer #9 · answered by Born Country 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
i didn't like them when i first had my son he didn't have one for about 3 months and then one day he would not stop crying and i gave in and gave him one it was great. It also helped when he was teething as he would bite it.
He is now 16 months and he only has it at night as it comforts him no different as babies have blankets or a teddy bear with them. Only use if you want to dont do it because of what people say its your child at the end of the day.
2007-12-19 06:55:10 · answer #10 · answered by sarah h 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋