or is this really common practice?

[turtle23]

On two seperate occasions I have said in passing to people I know that DS2 would not take a dummy. These two people both said "Oh, I had the same problem so I forced DC to have one." When asked what that entailed they both said they'd kept it in by tying a muslin round their heads. I was but apparently this is what a lot of people do. Strikes me as horribly cruel and dangerous. AIBU?

Why would anyone want to force a baby/toddler to have a dummy?

To shut them up?

It's barbaric!

What is wrong with Ashley Cole FFS???? Cheryl is waaaaaay to good for him!!

(slaps own face,returns to current thread)

What about these: www.wubbanub.com/products_main.html

Maybe not actual child cruelty in the same vein as tying something to a baby's head but pretty unfair to get a child addicted to having a duck hanging out of it's mouth.

I have never heard of anyone doing this, but I did have to persevere to get ds to take a dummy. I think me and dp cheered the first time he didn't just spit it out

I have heard of a maternity nurse taping a dummy into a baby's mouth though, so he didn't wake up if the dummy fell out. So dangerous!

i think they are winding you up