dummies??

[mum2b09]

my DD is 11 days old and is BF and putting weight on really well.

She is BF on demand but has been chewing on her hands and clotes inbetween feeds but when i try to feed her she isnt always hungry and sumtimes just wants to suckle on something.

I just gave her a dummy and she loves it. i was told by MWs that its not a good idea to give her a dummy whilst BFing because its a diffrent type of sucking action and told by others that it reduces the risk of unexplained deaths in babies..

i dont know who to believe is it ok to give her a dummy?

any opinions apreciated girls x

hey, mum2b09 congrats on the new little lady!
that was the same reaction i got from the MW when my ds was a young, but I couldn't deal with being stuck on the couch all day so that he could just sit and suck-plus my poor nips were killing me! i just caved and gave him the dummy. he loved it and we all were happy b/c then dh could hold him for a while. if she's still latching on well and feeding and gaining weight then it should be okay, if it's something you'd like to continue doing.

hth xx

Thanx bringonthetrumpets

Yeah i absolutely love BFing and would hate for the dummy to affect how well shes doing i think ill just try it and check shes still feeding well. Me, my brother and my sister were all BF and had dummies and we're all healthy so im sure she will be okay. Its just so confusing when some MWs say one thing and anothers telling you different

Official advice for cot death is that giving a dummy for sleep times is a good thing. But it's suggest to try to avoid dummies for first 4 weeks if breastfeeding.

However, both my babies were BF and had dummies from as soon as we came home from hospital. DS is 15 weeks and has one for a few mins now and then but doesn't really like it but loves to suck his hands/fingers/thumb.

I started DS on a dummy pretty much straightaway. I had a lot of blood loss (2 litres) during and after the birth, which meant my milk was a day or two late coming in. We had two horrible nights in the ward with him crying and me attempting to feed with pretty much nothing coming out. He was calm when I'd put my pinky in his mouth, but really, I needed to eat/shower/use the loo sometimes!! The MWs reacted slightly to seeing him with the dummy on day 3 but they understood why I did it.

He's 6 weeks today, and hasn't had any trouble feeding because of the early introduction of the pacifier. Obviously this is just a single example, but I thought I'd let you know it's possible.

Both my dd's were sucky babies and both had dummies within the first week of life. I breastfed dd1 until she was 9mths and dd2 until she was 3.

In my experience your MWs are talking rubbish!

I think dummies are okay, but I don't believe they are beneficial in reducing cot death.

My DS has a dummy because he always wants to suckle after feeding but won't stay latched onto the boob if there is no milk coming out. He was happy with my finger but I preferred him using a dummy to my finger.

If he had sucked a finger or thumb I would have preferred that but he wouldn't in the early days so it was a dummy for us that worked.