Shelby was started on those cherry shaped dummies, but she did and still does gag on them. She loves her NUK dummy, and we have never had a problem with her putting it all in her mouth. I think the "starlight" NUK dummies where the ones that caused the trouble - the shield is smaller and alot thinner, also you have to make sure you buy the size suitable for your child.

After many changes we eventually used the NUK bottles until around 10 months and once we stopped using the AR formula we went to Avent bottles.