Hi

Congratulations on your beautiful daughter and a big WELL DONE for perservering with breast feeding you're doing a fantastic job

I personally prefer no dummies at all - however lots of people successfully combine breastfeeding and dummy use If you're at all doubtful though, it might be best to just get rid of it altogether. Lots of babies don't have any problem with switching between nipple, dummy, teat, etc - but some babies are really picky about what they like. Some suggestions for helping her stick to the boob are: giving her constant access to the breast, letting her feed until she falls asleep, and letting her come off the breast by herself.


Is she arching her back at all, when she's pulling off and screaming? If she is, perhaps look into whether she might have reflux - which can be dealt with fairly easily, without having to stop breastfeeding

Another thing could be trying to do baby-led attachment - go skin-to-skin, holding your baby in the classic way, and gently moving until your nipple is pointing to her upper lip and then letting her attach herself. This is probably very diferent from how the breastfeeding clinics etc have shown you - but the thing about breastfeeding is that it is a relationship between mother and baby, and whatever way works for you is the right way to do it

Sometimes having a nice warm bath together can help facilitate successful attachment too, mum and bubs both being relaxed, and the all-important skin-to-skin contact.



Remember too - it's still early days and you're both still learning and getting used to this whole breastfeeding thing! You'll both get the hang of it very soon, and it will all fall into place for you Big hugs to you both xoxo