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DD1 had one til 6 months, but was FF from 6 weeks. Dummy made no difference to us.
DD2 refused from the start, even though she had colic & needed it!
DS had one from a few days til 4 months. He was BF til 23 months, so it caused no issues for us.
I've given DD3 one on occasion, but she's not too interested in it. Hasn't really needed it.
DS had a dummy from day 2. He was a big baby 4.9kg at birth. and had trouble breast feeding from the start. I dont believe having a dummy made the trouble better or worse. Sorry I cant help any more than that.
From birth - NICU gave one to him (with our consent) and it's been a great soother ever since.
As for whether it affected bfing, I can only say that we had a LOT of bfing support in the early days and we didn't have any issues with nipple confusion. DS now chooses the dummy or the boob according to whether he wants soothing or feeding.
i think around 6 weeks she first took a dummy, and then she just gave it up around 4.5 months. I try sticking it back in her mouth again but she just spits it at me.
The reason i waited for a few weeks was not so much nipple confusion for bub, but i wanted my boobs to be regulated by bub to make sure they made enough milk.
My little one had colic, and the dummy definitely helped with that.
Had problems breastfeeding, struggled until 3 weeks. Gave up. Introduced dummy at around 6 weeks because DD wouldn't settle despite using all the tricks in my trick bag. Restarted breastfeeding/relactating at nine weeks. She doesn't appeared to be too confused by anything that goes in her mouth - boob, bottle, dummy, supply line ... she works it all out.
Day 3. A nurse jammed one in his mouth against my better judgement. Then another told me off for letting him have one! After that not until after 2 weeks old and then only if all other options were exhausted. He stopped taking it pretty quick tho and decided I was a better dummy but the ones we have left over he likes to chew on :)