Trish,
I agree in cases like tehya's it's a great way to get a rest when they can't settle without a suck and they won't take a thumb, and it should be a mum's own choice.
but why then do all these mums keep telling me I am crazy not to get her one (when she almost NEVER cries?) She's like the only baby I know without one - adn lots of them are just as happy and easily settled as her - but the mums keep trying to push it in their mouths to stop them from making normal baby noises (i.e. babbling and squealing) when the mums are talking to other women etc. Others are trying to "train" their newborns to take one. Why??? I"m seriously puzzled. surely if the baby needs to be "Trained' to take it - it doesn't really want one - therefore what's the point?
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