Talk dummy’s with me!

[Maloneyb]

So I’m pregnant with my second baby

my first baby (now toddler) was and still is breastfed (Lord save me lol). And never took to a bottle or dummy.. I need some respite this time.
we want to combi feed and introduce a dummy!

so.. what’s the best newborn dummies? I know you’re not meant to introduce them too early but I know so many people who do! And it works..

so please, advice, recommendations and anything else welcome ❤️

I would say just buy 1 or 2 and then see how they find it when they are here. All of my friends who had babies before me told me I’d need so many dummy’s, all had different recommendations and said to stock up before she was born. We honestly spent a fortune on dummy’s, every brand you can think of from the cheapest to the most expensive- she’s 5 months old now and has never taken a single one of them she just doesn’t like them😂 every baby is different! X

My children sucked their thumbs and I thoroughly recommend that over dummies. A thumb is always there and they can easily self settle if they wake up at night.

My first child discovered her thumb all by herself and it was so successful that I helped my second child to find his.
I was worried it might harm their teeth but my dentist said it wasn't a problem. They are now both in their 30s with nice teeth and never needed braces.
My son stopped sucking his thumb at the age of 11 as he decided entirely by himself that he was too old to continue. My daughter was still doing it when she went to university. She still occasionally does it unconsciously if she is very tired. She is completely unbothered if others think it is odd.

I've got to disagree.. dummy's are much more easier to removed than a thumb as I still know people my age (in their 20s) sucking their thumb and their teeth shape is awful.

We started with nanobebe (I think) ones - DD had reflux and I had read that it can help, so I introduced one at maybe 3 or 4 months? I don’t really remember. Anyway, it was a huge battle to get her to accept it, sometimes she would, but it seemed totally random. Switched to MAM dummies (the bottles were hopeless for her) and same thing, but now she is a little dummy obsessive. She is only allowed it for sleep, or on a long car journey, but she asks for it (shouts for it) every time she gets in the car, has stolen them from sleeping babies at nursery…careful what you wish for!

Yeah my DS will only use my boobs to soothe! Never anything else. No thumbs no dummies no bottles 😫😫

Haha thanks!! Feels like we can’t win!

I would just buy the minimum number of dummies in one or two different orthodontic brands first. Because you don't know what your baby will take to (or won't take to). We used Phillips Avent with DC1 but they didn't seem as widely available when I was pregnant with DC2 so we used Tomee Tippee for them. We are planning to try those again with DC3 but I will probably only buy a 2 pack and see how it goes in case they don't like them.

Neither of mine took to dummies at all.

First one who was only breastfed for about 6 weeks found his thumb instead. Second one was breastfed till about 7 months. Used me as a dummy, nightmare. But once I’d stopped breastfeeding he didn’t have anything, no thumb, no dummy.