Hated dummies, major u turn!

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Just that really- was adamant baby would not have dummy; probably in part due to middle class hang up, also due to worry that baby would get addicted and hard to wean off.

Anyhow at 3 months I caved in, baby sticking everything in mouth, drooling, chewing down on fingers. (may be teething, I've heard it can come and go for several months before teeth show. Baby has also been grizzly and whingey.
Anyhow, free dummy came with bottle set I ordered and I tried it when baby was whingey and MAGIC- I am converted.
So I intend to use when all other methods fail, but largely so I can eat in peace and to settle baby when particularly tetchy etc.
I don't intend to use for sleep tho, although may use late in the evening.

So q is... when is best to wean off the dummy without too much upheaval? I'm thinking about 6 months
Am I making a rod for my own back?
What are the other negatives of dummies, apart from general perception. I understand that there may be teeth issues. However, my baby is chewing fist and I think will find his thumb soon and I hear that can be worse.

A dummy helped with my babies reflux. Much better to see a piece of plastic in her mouth than watching her writhe around in pain, projectile vomit and hardly sleep. She only had hers for sleeping with by around 15 months and by 2.5 she didn't have it at all. No teeth issues or speech problems.

I never understood the speech fuss. Of my 3 dds my eldest never had a dummy and was the slowest to speak. Dd2 or elder twin is half half with the dummy but dd3 or younger twin is positively addicted. She needed it most and had the worse reflux. However at 16 months her speech is far superior to the other two and clearer. She was clearly saying " cup of tea" at 12 months!

I was anti dummy. Until I had a baby. The little blighter wouldn't take to it though. I wished he would have. It would have saved a lot of tears (mine) I still think they are fsb.