I gave Xavier a dummy a couple of days after being home because we were just way stressed out and I was ready to try anything. It got us through that night, but we didn't actually use it very often for a couple of weeks when I realised that after a feed he was acting like he was still hungry, yet when fed he would overflow and there was no room for more food, so I started giving him the dummy, and it appeared he just wanted to suck. I still don't encourage it and if he spits it and is happy I don't put it back in (have to constantly remind dh of this) but I really would prefer he ditched the dummy sooner rather than later, I don't want him becoming too dependent on it.