Hi
My wife and I have our baby boy has been moved into a smaller local neonate special care unit today where they are using a dummy/pacifier during feeding (fed via NG tube into his stomach), and to calm him down when he's distressed. We are uncertain about this because when he was in a large NICU (for nearly 3 weeks after his birth), they didn't use dummies at all.
It's our first baby and we're uncertain about using a dummy so soon - will it affect his later breast feeding? Will he need a dummy more frequently to keep him calm?
Or, as I suspect, are we getting concerned about nothing?!
Miket
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Miket · 25/03/2012 21:40
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