My 5 week old has a hard time taking a pacifier...I know he wants it but it takes a couple minutes for him to "accept" it. I was useing the green soothie one from the hospital. Just wondering if anyone has had this and if they found a pacifier that worked better. Thanks
Thanks everyone for your responses. This is my second baby and my first had no problem sucking and taking a pacifier, so I was a little thrown off with how hard it seemed for my 5 week old to accept it. I'm not worried about taking the pacifier away as we did it with my first and there was no drama or torture (for both sides). I ended buying Nuk, Mam and other pacifiers. He seems to prefer the Mam so far! Thank you all again and Merry Christmas!
A friend of mine has a 3 month old and she uses the Gum Drop pacifier. She has only been able to find them online, but she swears by them! Good Luck!
I agree with the other moms: if he doesn't want it, don't force it. My daughter never really latched on to a paci either. We used to spend so much time trying to get her to take it, but she never did. And I am very glad I did not have to have the paci fight when she got older! My older daughter was a thumb sucker and i could not break her of that habit. She is now 15, and had major work done in her mouth to correct the effects of the thumb sucking. Dont worry about the paci, he's probably better off without it.
If you think a pacifier is what he wants, then hey you have to sleep!!
I was anti-pacifier, but she wanted to suck on something or chew all the time (still an orally-stimulated girl at 20 months). She liked the MAM ones, they are BPA free. You can get them at Target and Babies R Us, etc.
good luck and happiness to you!
with each of my girls there was a time when I ORDERED my husband to go to Toys R Us and buy one of each brand of pacifier they carried. Out of the dozen he came home with there were at least 2 kinds that worked for each girl. And it wasn't necessarily similar to their bottle nipple (I breastfed but also used a bottle for pumped milk).
My three month old daughter loves her Avent pacifier. It's the same as some other mothers suggested. They are sold all over- buy buy baby, Target, walmart, babies r us and more.
There is no such thing as nipple confusion. It's a myth! Don't worry about this occuring! Good luck and Happy Holidays!
My son likes Mam and my daughter the Nuk. You have to try different types to see what works and both my children were/are nursed. You will have to replace it back in their mounths many, many times but it will save your sanity.....
my chid loved the avent pacifiers.
Sucking for soothing is such a great way to help with a fussy baby so if he's interested (you say he wants it) then by all means continue to offer it, but don't force it. Because non-nutritive sucking can be such a wonderful soothing tool for newborns, we definitely encouraged it for our children. I would gently touch the pacifier to the lips to see if he'd take it. If he'd open his mouth but not really latch on to the pacifier, you can gently pull the pacifier out. Typically the infant will begin to gently suck on the pacifier at this point - continue to pull it out just a little bit so your infant can increase his suction (this will help him 'hold on' to it). Try a few different types. Both of our sons hated the Mam and the Soothie brands but loved the Avent ones.
If he doesn't want it, then don't press the issue...but I know exactly what you mean by the "I know he wants it but it takes a couple minutes for him to "accept it"" because my 2 week old is similar - is sucking and smacking all around, moving the head back and forth (this is after he's been fed), but is slow to take the pacifier. I usually offer it and give him a try. If he doesn't want it at first, I wait a few minutes and try again.
Don't worry about the pacifier being a bad habit...non-nutritive sucking, according to so many reputable pediatricians (Karp, Weissbluth, Sears) is such a great soothing method for newborn infants. Our oldest son, now nearly 3, was a big time pacifier-lover but he willingly gave it up around his first birthday without much of a fight. If you do choose to use the pacifier, remember though that the older they get the more attached they get and it will be more difficult to get rid of it. We picked the first birthday because he was using it less and less and the transition would be much easier - and it was.
My son also loved the Avent pacifiers. I chose them because they have a similar shape as a breast nipple when in a baby's mouth. My sister-in-law's new baby also had the same issue as your son's, and we suggested the Avent, and it worked like a charm!
Myself and 3 of my friends have used the Avent BPA free pacifiers. They sell them at Babies r Us and I think they sell them at Target too. They have different sizes starting with 0-3months.
Good luck!
Try a Nuk, they seem to stay in better than a plain round paci.
its the age. especially if baby is nursing. he is having trouble changing the tongue from "nursing" to "sucking" . I may wait if you are nursing so this nipple confusion doesnt get worse and start happening at your breast. Try again in a couple weeks. Enjoy they grow fast though this age can be so so very hard too!
None of my kids liked the pacifier at all. The first 3 were in the hospital for 2 weeks and the nurses tried getting them to take to it but never did. At home, they would reject so I never bothered with it. And after hearing some stories about getting rid of it and seeing friends trying to, glad they never did. It isn't really necessary and your little one can find another way to soothe himself as he gets older.
My advice is if they dont like it dont use it! :) I wanted mine too but all 3 didnt take a liking to it. They find other ways to soothe. Sometimes a blankie. Mine all had hair, so they play with their hair. Just think, if you dont use the pacifier you wont need to break the habit!
My kids never adjusted to pacifiers and from what I have read about getting them to break the habit I am greatful. When they rejected it, I didn't push.
I'd just skip the pacifier all together.
Have you tried the Nuk, they come is different sizes so they fit the babies mouth. They are shaped the way the nipple of your breast forms when the child breast feeds. My kids loved them, but my granddaughter never really wanted the pacifier. She only used it once after her first shots then never really took it. Maybe he just isn't interested in it.
