Take the pacifier!

[minervamae]

My milk supply dipped last week while I was PMSing. So DD got to comfort nurse. She stopped accepting the pacifier. Well, now that aunt flo showed my supply is coming back so she's getting too much milk when she tries to comfort nurse. Cue spit up and cranky baby.

I've tried several kinds...anyone ever reintroduced a pacifier? I know I should be glad she weaned herself, but now she has no idea how to go to sleep. She doesn't want milk, but wants to pacify...without a pacifier. We're both so frustrated.

[shevacc]

Can you try seeing if she'll suck on your pinkie? My children never took pacis much so I'm not a great help, but continuing to offer seems like the solution to most stubborn baby issues. Let us know when you figure it out!

[sweetpies]

DS just started taking a paci last month. He didn't know how to suck it before, and he kept pushing it out his mouth with his tongue. Now we use the Nuk paci and he loves it.

[minervamae]

Jan 26, 2015 19:58:20 GMT -5 shevacc said:

Can you try seeing if she'll suck on your pinkie? My children never took pacis much so I'm not a great help, but continuing to offer seems like the solution to most stubborn baby issues. Let us know when you figure it out!

I've used the pinkie trick before, but now she's got her bottom teeth.

[mandapanda1382]

You can just try a bunch of different pacifiers. My LO only likes one very specific binkie and spits the rest out.

But I've also never let him use a binkie to go to sleep.

[shevacc]

Jan 27, 2015 8:59:53 GMT -5 minervamae said:

Jan 26, 2015 19:58:20 GMT -5 shevacc said:

Can you try seeing if she'll suck on your pinkie? My children never took pacis much so I'm not a great help, but continuing to offer seems like the solution to most stubborn baby issues. Let us know when you figure it out!

I've used the pinkie trick before, but now she's got her bottom teeth.

Ouch! I guess that's a benefit of having a late teether. Though having my toddler and my baby both working on teeth at the same time isn't great either...I think sometimes moms just can't win!

[Deleted]

Perhaps now is the time to teach her to fall asleep by herself?

[lauraborealis]

My LO used to be a huge comfort nurser, one evening when I was particularly desperate, when she was comfort nursing while drowsy, I carefully broke her latch and put a soothie pacifier in immediately... She has taken it ever since. Before this attempt she refused the pacifier. Granted this was about 3 months ago, our babies might be too smart at their current ages for such tricks!

[blckroses]

DD was slow to take to the pacifier at first, but once she started taking it, it was required for naps and bedtime. Well, the last week or so, she's stopped taking it for no reason at all. She'll occasionally suck on my fingers, but even that is short lived. She has started to prefer sucking on my arm or shirt. It's made bedtime much more difficult.

[blckroses]

Double post!

[jamjoyful]

I just randomly gave LO a MAM tonight and she's happily sucking on it. She has never taken them before but age seems to have helped her understand it more.

[minervamae]

Jan 27, 2015 15:40:28 GMT -5 lauraborealis said:

My LO used to be a huge comfort nurser, one evening when I was particularly desperate, when she was comfort nursing while drowsy, I carefully broke her latch and put a soothie pacifier in immediately... She has taken it ever since. Before this attempt she refused the pacifier. Granted this was about 3 months ago, our babies might be too smart at their current ages for such tricks!

This is how we started and really how we continued. Once she was done nursing I'd substitute the pacifier. She actually got to the point where she would break off and look for the pacifier. Now if any pacifier touches her lips, regardless of how asleep, she was she's awake and screaming.

I'm trying to look at this as her naturally getting rid of it, but it's hitting when I need she's asking to stop swaddling and outgrowing her cosleeper. I didn't want to change everything at once. I was hoping the pacifier would help soften the other sleep changes that have to take place. Oh well...the best laid plans and all of that.

[theteno]

Im considering... oh wait. I started typing a post and my babys esp told him to start crying! Every damn time!

[theteno]

Ok here we go... im considering losing the paci. Its causing sleep issues td. If they stop, fine, but if were waking up from now on at 5am and not napping its gotta go. Im scared...

[HazyGrey]

Have you tried a lovey to replace the pacifier?

[minervamae]

Jan 28, 2015 10:47:06 GMT -5 HazyGrey said:

Have you tried a lovey to replace the pacifier?

I hadn't thought of that. Thanks, I'll give it a shot.