Dummies - how soon did you introduce one?

I packed one in the hospital bag! Ashlee was a comfort sucker too, right from day one so I wanted to be prepared for Madison. So on the first night, it was used She wasn't good at it (I had to hold it in at times) but I think I might have gone insane with sleep deprivation if I didn't use it. We hardly get it out at all now because I didn't want to fall into the trap of relying on it for her to get to sleep and having to get up at multiple times a night to put it back in. But it was absolutely brilliant to use once my milk had come in and my nipples had all toughened up.

If you need to use one, use it. And don't feel bad, like I did!!! It's totally a personal choice and drives me nuts that there's such a stigma around it.

We gave DS one when he was about a week old. We couldn't get him to settle, at that sorted him right out.It turned out the reason he was crying so much was that the poor guy had a broken collar bone (from being born). He did get quite attached to it, but I found it really easy to weab him off it at 4-5months.

I say if it helps and keeps you sane go for it. I will definately be having one to use this time if needed.

i gave him a dummy on night 2 (actually drove to the supermarket to get one) because he was so unsettled but a few days later we found out he had lost heaps of weight cos i had no milk supply at all. once we had his feeding sorted he started spitting it out and wont take it.

[QUOTE=bex88] We gave DS one when he was about a week old. We couldn't get him to settle, at that sorted him right out.It turned out the reason he was crying so much was that the poor guy had a broken collar bone (from being born).


Ouch, Poor thing, I have never heard of that, how hard for you guys until you figured that out!

Anyway, I had one in my hospital bag and he took it sporadically (huge comfort sucker), but much preferred my finger to get to sleep, the NUK ones worked really well until about 5-6 months when he just wouldn't take it. I'll definately have one ready for the next one,

I too packed one in my hospital bag and gave it to my bubs on the first day, didn't have any problems from it ethier.

We used one from day 1, it was one of the first things we packed into the hospital bag!!!

We started somewhere around the 1st to 2nd week? He still has it continually. Helps keep the spilling in when he sits up after a feed.

Now that he can sit by himself he's not using it as much but you can hear when he needs it, a high pitched whine or swallowing.

I initially started using it cause he was comfort sucking as well.

Didn't use one with Alia til she was 9 months old & we had to fly.

The nurses in the NICU gave Callum a dummy on about day 1 or 2 I think (they asked permission). They wanted to encourage his sucking reflex eventhough he wasn't strong enough to try breastfeeding. Also apparently preemies tend to be "sucky" babies - definitely true for Callum.

We're still using one, don't often have to get up in the night to put it back in but he does go to sleep faster if he's sucking.

I gave Angus one at 2 weeks old, he used it a bit for 3 weeks, then suddenly just started spitting it out... we now never use it at all. He has found his thumb and is a thumb sucker now though.

I gave him one the day we got home but would have done it sooner if i could:) so day 5