Ok, the dummy definitely soothes my DS who sucks hard on most things - nipples, fingers (not his own), arms, t-shirts.
My dilemma now is how and when to give him a dummy. My original plan was to give it to him to settle him to sleep at bedtime only - this works, he sleeps, the dummy falls out, he wakes for a feed.
However, he also screams all day, and is basically inconsolable. If I've fed him, changed him, cuddled him, walked him in the pram etc and he's still crying, should I stick the dummy in? Or is this a slippery slope? How will I know when he needs feeding rather than a dummy?
DS is four weeks old and a good feeder. (I don't want to wreck the feeding but I've got a cracked nipple from comfort sucking.)
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Essie3 · 15/07/2008 12:25
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