DS is four months and has never been in love with dummies but would usually accept one when very tired. There was a halcyon few days about three/four weeks ago when he was taking a dummy for naps and bedtime - I even managed to put him down awake one night with it and he popped himself off to sleep for the night! In the couple of weeks running up to this he'd wake up in the night and we could give him a dummy and he'd drop back off, which helped us cut out snacking to resettle and reduce feeds to one or maybe two a night.
He's now deeply offended by the offer of a dummy. I've tried different brands, sizes, sterilising them in the microwave so there's no hint of Milton but he seems to hate them. I sucked my thumb and really didn't want him to - has anyone got any tips to encourage him to accept them? Or do I just have a baby that won't have a dummy? It's the one thing I was adamant about - I wanted him to have a dummy, not suck his thumb, and only be allowed it for sleeping!