Am I a crap mum re Dummies??

[kbaby]

I always said pre pregnancy that I would never give my child a dummy as I hate it when you see 2 year olds who cant talk properly because they have a dummy. But since having DD (4 weeks old) I have resorted to giving her a dummy. Shes very hard to settle and cries for no apparent reason and wants to suck all the time. I dont think its hunger as i offer the breat and she sucks for a few minutes before falling asleep and then once moved cries again. I started just giving her the dummy to try and calm her down to allow me to try and get her to sleep. However this has now turned into her having it to sleep with as whenever I take it out she wakes up and starts mouthing for it back or cries again. I hate having to give it to her and and everytime she cries for it I question if im doing the right thing by giving it.
Has anyone got any advice

I breastfed for over year and ds had a dummy - but of course all babies are different. If she is still unsettled in a couple of weeks' time and breastfeeding is going well, you might even want to try again. I actually shudder to think how I would have coped if I hadn't had a dummy for my little boy. In my particular case, I think he would have been a less happy child without his comforter. Your dd may not be like that at all, of course and may settle beautifully anyway. But whatever you do, don't feel guilty about a dummy! They are not the devil's work.

Kbaby, there is certain type of dummy that you can get that is designed specifically for breast fed babies.

My HV told me about it, you can buy them in boots, that's where we got ours, they don't have a back on them it's like a hollow nipple/teat with a plastic handle over it sounds weird trying to describe it.They are shaped like a nipple so that it doesn't cause confusion.

You could try them and see if that helps.

here is a link to the boots page with them so you can see them.
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