Pacifier Help!!

[ahayden1230]

My little guy is 5 weeks old and breast fed... I can not get him to take the pacifier adn lately I have been noticing that he is using me.  Does anyone have an advice?  I have tried 3 different brands... Maybe I am not trying hard enough?  He has only had my breast so far.  We are going to start giving him a bottle a day of breast milk starting this weekend.  Any and all advice appreciated.  Thanks!.

[LaBellaVida]

Some babies just flat out refuse them. My last 2 babies didn't take them, and they used me. It can be annoying, but if your baby refuses, they refuse, nothing you can do to make them take one.

Anyway, have you tried the soothies, or the gumdrop pacifier?

Good luck with the bottle this weekend. My last baby refused every bottle, except the lansinoh momma bottle. It's designed for breastfed babies. He took it the first try.

[lasawyer91]

My baby likes the Dr Brown's brand

[lexishay]

DS is a big fan of the soothie pacifiers it's the only ones he will take!

[hazelnut]

Mine won't take them, either. She uses me a little, but not excessively, so I haven't concerned myself with it yet.

[cherryfive]

We've noticed G likes to suck to soothe and I'll give her my pinkie knuckle and she likes that. We asked pedi about pacifiers and she gave us the green light but G won't take them, she doesn't quite get it. I think with practice she might. We have a soothie but I gave it to my mom because we thought it'd be s while before introducing. She's a good BFer and wants something soothing I want her to be comfortable. Example #3 me going against my original thoughts.

[mama2tcb]

My lo takes the MAM brand, sometimes. I refuse to buy all these different brands for him to refuse. I hope lo takes one for you soon

[lola918]

I read a good trick is to actually tip the pacifier out of the baby's mouth -the baby will feel it falling out and his reflexes will kick in, he'll suck to catch it. It's counter intuitive, but pushing/holding the pacifier in will actually make it harder for your baby to accept it.

[lola918]

Also, baby isn't really using you in my opinion - comfort is an equal part of breastfeeding, as important as feeding. It's part of the process, your baby n needs you :-)

[Deleted]

DS takes MAM, Nuk, and the soothies, in that order. However, we offered them from the day he was born since we EFF. Not all babies will take a pacifier, though. When we see him just play sucking on the bottle (not taking any formula or swallowing), we'll swap it for a pacifier and he just sucks on that, or if he just ate and is crying for a bottle, we'll offer a pacifier first to see if he just wants to suck or if he's actually still hungry. It's a system that works for us.

[christeng87]

I EBF and LO takes the MAM brand the best. He has a hard time keeping the soothies in his mouth and we have also tried the Chicco brand because we got a free sample, not a huge fan of that one either.

[Jellypepper]

Feb 8, 2015 11:21:01 GMT -5 lola918 said:

Also, baby isn't really using you in my opinion - comfort is an equal part of breastfeeding, as important as feeding. It's part of the process, your baby n needs you :-)

This. It's exhausting and frustrating at times but a natural part of the process. Comfort sucking helps establish the foundation of the BF relationship for the long term.