Newborn dummies

[Mother Goose]

We use the Avent ones. It is all DD will take. She was never one to suck her hands but was a comfort sucker on the boob. So we introduced the dummy and it was the best thing for us. We've tried other brands but she refuses them.

I remember someone saying the NUK newborn dummies were recalled (whe DD was a newborn) because babies were found with them whole in their mouths as well as not having enough "space" and so had a suffocating effect... or something like that. I'm sure they've adjusted the design by now but I've never been able to shake that from my mind so won't buy that brand.

[Roryrory]

Personally I love dummies and used them for both boys and was lucky that it didn't interfere with BF for us. But as Blue Daisy says "but every action has a reaction". You have to be prepared for tears when you take the dummy away.......

[Ambah]

When Aidyn was young he used Pigeon, Nuk, and Avent dummies. I didn't like the Nuk ones as the mouthguard was too small.

Eva has so far used Nuk, and just recently Tommy Tippee. She likes them both, and completely rejects the Pigeon one.

She will take a dummy, but certainly not every time... she is nowhere near as keen on them as Aidyn was, and has just recently started sucking on her hands, so I would rather her do that as much as she wants rather than a dummy.

Her having a dummy hasn't seemed to have any detrimental effect on BF. She didn't really become very interested in sucking on the dummy till she was 1 month anyway.