i was vey anti dummy while pg, i heard all the horror stories.. "they can suck them until theyre 4-5" , "if you loose it and dont have a back up ..." " they can give babies tummy aches if they arent properly cleaned" as well as it causing problems with teeth develpoment if used for too long.. im not saying all these things are true, this is just some of the things id heard.
but since having DD there have been a couple f times (not many tho) where ive thought.. "if only i had a dummy..." Dh is totally against her using a dummy, and this is part of the reason, coz im pretty sure i would have caved by now (there was a week there where she was really unsettled) most of me is really glad that ive stuck it out and havent given her a dummy, but she sucks on her hands a fair bit (and i know this is really normal, she's only just founf hr hands LOL) i just hope it doesnt turn into thumb sucking coz i think that looks really bad
Its totally up to the parent.
Tho is would be much easier to get rid of a dummy habit than a sucking the thumb habit.