FSID now recommends that a dummy be offered when settling the baby to sleep from one month to 6 months of age

[gagarin]

So - what do we all think about this - does safety outweigh not liking dummies or the idea of dummies?

You can read the research on

www.fsid.org.uk/editpics/612-1.pdf

Like I said not all parents are the same. Some do try to replicate the breastfeeding experience which is more natural to a baby and great for you if you are one of those.

My nephew who is 4 weeks (I think) old is going five hours between some bottles, having a huge amount in each one, putting a horrendous amount of weight on each week and the midwife is happy about it.

To be honest I really can't be bothered to get into debates on the internet at the moment, I've dropped a load of forums that I used to visit because of it. I said not all parents are the same so why does it have to carry on with "I don't do that"? I'm nearly at the end of training in breastfeeding and it's not just how to put a baby on, voila. It's a ten week course, going into how hormones work, how the breast works, how much milk a baby gets at different stages, what's normal, what isn't... I'm not saying anything that is just my opinion.

Okay Tinkerbellesmum, I'll leave it at that. I just thought you were stating a few things as if they were absolute fact, when I didn't really think they were. I thought my experiences bf-ing along with those of other bf-ing mothers might have been helpful to you.

Sorry, I was a little stressed when I posted that (Tink is refusing to sleep in the day and getting over tired and "naughty") so I didn't quite mean the tone of it.

I know that there are some parents who do try really hard to make things as natural as possible with a bottle and that's great, but it's not universal.