What dummy? Or can you try and get baby to take dummy?

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Just posted something on reflux but now for another query, my DD is 8 weeks and was mixed fed now ff is taking over which I don't mind but DD liked comfort of boob when she was tired to help her sleep, I've tried introducing dummy but she doesn't like it, seems to big for her little mouth. When I stop bf altogether I wonder what I can do? Is there small size dummies? Or do you know if babies take time to accept a dummy? I tried cherry shape and orthodontic ones ....

Have a MAM one for my daughter as she didn't like the tommee tippee one. Maybe try a few different ones to find one she likes

I tried every brand you could find and she would only take a "soothie" which I had shipped via ebay from the US. She only took that until she was 12 weeks and then preferred her thumb. It's a nightmare when you want them to suck to feel better but they just won't.

It looks like you can buy them on amazon now, they're pricey though

Second MAM.

Nuk ones are good.

If she has reflux have you ruled out intolerance to formula as an aside?

I also got dd to take one when she was upset and crying in the sling. I panic bought dummies, popped one in and she finally relented!

on my experience, I think its the babies - DD took a dummy at 4 days old (when breastfeeding councilor said I didn't have to let her chew on me. Loved that woman) . DS didn't take one until 6 months and then only for a couple of months when teething.

I think MAM may be worth a try.

try the dummy when she's happy first. when she's upset she's not going to like having an unknown foreign object shoved in her mouth.

give it to her a couple of times when she's content and then try when she's crying. much easier.

Are you sure you want ff to take over? My dd liked the comfort of breast feeding too and comfort sucked to sleep every night til 16 months then transitioned fine. She wouldn't take a dummy either, never found her thumb so I stopped and let her comfort suck. In the early days my mum said, well, you're meant to be resting which you are doing when she's attached for the afternoon! She got into a bf routine at around 12 weeks and comfort sucked less in the day and only for bedtime. Worked quite nicely and she's not at all into comfort toys, thumbs etc now age 3.

katemoose so did you ebf?

She occasionally bottle fed when my mum had her for example, but most of the time it was ebf. If you want to do more ebf than ff, it wouldn't be too hard to build back up now.