Any advice on how to get my baby to take a dummy?

[gretchinweeners]

My daughter is 5 weeks old and I'm trying to get her to take a dummy. I tried her with one in the first week but when she rejected it I decided just to wait a few weeks. Trying again now and she takes it but after a few minutes it pops out and she starts going frantic trying to find it. Any advice?

Tap the dummy when they have it in their mouth. Encourages sucking.

Why do you want her to take a dummy?

Why on earth would anyone actively want to get their baby to take a dummy. I cannot honestly believe this is real!

Woah judgey pants PPs there’s actually studies now that suggest it reduces the risk of SIDS. Also to help babies settle. Are either of those reasons acceptable to make this seem “real”?

I agree with why you'd want to? They're vile pieces of plastic shoved in mouths. They're un necessary, ugly and pointless. Lazy parenting

There are some super judgey people on her this evening. I don't use dummies but they are excellent for acid reflux and also recommended by the lullaby trust as part of SIDS prevention.

Try warming up the dummy and either tapping it or holding it in for a few seconds.

@Heratnumber7 @ParisNext Why would you come on a thread and not answer the question? You simply came on to question my decisions as a parent. Have you nothing better to do?

@happymummy12345 Not really that happy are you? Sound quite unhappy and sad if you take the time to trawl mumsnet so you can offer your opinion on matters that clearly have no relevance to you. I can imagine your sex life is either extremely boring or non existent

To the lovely mums who offered advice - thank you! I'll try the tapping and persevere.

I had briefly considered justifying the dummy but then I remembered I couldn't care less what some random over opinionated internet mums think of my choices as a parent :)

I found slowly getting them to take it rather than pushing it straight in worked well.
Mine didn’t quite like it that much at first but then got used to it.
Good luck!
P.s for those unhelpful comments... for me it was either persevere (like the poster) so have a baby attached to my nipple 24/7

Ooh and the gentle tapping worked for me too

Try different dummys too! My DS will only have MAM ones and HATES all overs

Some nasty people around tonight.

I gently held it in his mouth when I rocked him to sleep. It stopped him comfort feeding on his bottle and therefore throwing so much back up.

Once he got to a year or sooner, dummy was only for naps and bedtime. Most people don't even know DS has one.

I loved that we managed to avoid dummies. Most of my friends were getting woken up multiple times a night to retrieve lost dummies. Nightmare. I also think it looks a bit ick to halve a bit of plastic hanging out of the child's mouth all the time but we did have some in the house just in case we were desperate.

@TK1930 thank you 😊 how long did it take for your little one to get used to it?

Dip it in some jam or sugar op that should make baby dependant on something other than you.

Lol @ all the judgies

@WooYa my son was the same and only liked the MAM ones so I'm trying those now, they seem to be the smallest ones I can get so hoping it's a success 😃

Also yes, different tests. My son would only take the cherry ones.

*teats

Good luck @gretchinweeners my DS will only have it for naps so I'm hoping (fingers tightly crossed) that he won't suddenly become dependent on it when he's bigger.

My ds born at 35 weeks had the 0-2 month ones for ages - wouldn't have any others.

Might try the tapping. I'm not a dummy snob but DD is!

@theblacklist

Thank you :) my son was the same- just for night time and naps! My daughter has terrible reflux just now and my doctor said that can help which would be great

Christ there are some shitty people on here today! I’ve worked with babies for years and dummies work brilliantly to settle them and help them sleep. I wish my 2 DDs had taken them!

Op;
Are you bottle or breast feeding?

I used nuk bottles and bought nuk dummy's so the tests were the same, I combination fed so also used NUK nipple shields too so it was all the same.

If you're bottle feeding use the same brand and if bf then get some nipple shields and matching dummy's.

My friend advised me on this, I was in the same boat.

Hope baby settles soon xxx

*test
That should say "teets"

@gretchinweeners

Before having my daughter I was against dummy's but they have helped with her hiccups bless and she settles easier at night and during naps if she has a dummy and a comforter.

Unfortunately I have no advice as little one took to it instantly at a week old. Ignore all the negative comments, what works for some people doesn't work for everyone else.