hmmm the ins/outs pros/cons of dummies?

[OceanPrincess]

Being a parent I am already challenging all the previous 'I will never...' statements I made - dummies being a big one of them

Glad she seems to be liking it and it's helping, dusty!

WRT your comment above - I think that's a very common thing to go thru, I actually started a thread about it recently!

[*Beema*]

We weren't going to be dummie people either, DD had one in NICU/SCB only during NGT feeds so that she would develop a suck reflex, but she couldn't suck on it even though it was a tiny premmie one, the bubble shape, we had to hold it there for her. Then when we went home we avoided one until she was 9 weeks old and I'd lost the plot and a friend had been with me all day and said she just wanted to suck so I messaged DH he agreed to try and she took to it for a bit, then spat but over time she took it and it was a lifesaver as she was a sucker We used the Nuk one's as well they were the same shape as the teats we had used on the bottles and she was able to suck on those better than the TTCTN bottles. She still has it now but only for bed time and hands it back to us when she gets out of bed.

This one will probably get one as well, but I am looking at the gum drop dummeis