feeding or finding comfort? shall i try a dummy?

[Thomcat]

I didn't use a dummy with dd1 and she never really sucked her thumb. Not sure dd2 really needs a dummy and would rather not give her one if I can help it. But she often wants the breast only to instantly fall asleep. If I lay her down after a few minutes of feeding and her having fallen asleep again she wakes and wants to go back on. That's fine, but she sucks for a moment and then sleeps again. It gets a bit tiring and a bit annoying when I could be doing something else. Shall I just deal with it and crack on or shall I relent and try a dummy?
She was born 19 Dec just gone btw.

Some dummies are sold in a box which can be useed to sterilise them - Avent, I think? No need to buy anything special for this. Avent also have little teat lids that clip on so you can keep them clean when not in use. I wouldn't worry about them staying sterile in use - just run them under the tap if they fall out on the floor - but yes avoid other kids putting them in their mouths etc. I usually kept 2 or 3 clean ones in the bag so I always had one handy.

Re using dummies at all - do what suits you best! I have had one dentist saying no to dummies and encouraging finger sucking as a comforter, and another dentist telling me exactly the opposite. With DS1 I didn't want to use a dummy (for purely snobbish reasons - thought they looked 'common' - and still do! But now don't care) but my MIL 'trained' him on to one - I was mad at the time but it turned out to be a lifesaver for getting him to sleep and calming him down when he was frazzled. I worried about weaning him off it but there was absolutely no trouble at all. At age 2.6 I just told him "no more dummies now" and never had a word of protest.

Same goes for DS2 - he's still using one (21 months) but he won't be this time next year!