Let's Talk Pacifiers

[dreemkin]

My DD1 never liked a pacifier which was really nice (no weaning) but my DD2 loves them. Well at least she did. Recently she'll cry when I offer her one. Or they drop out of her mouth at night and she gets frustrated. I know very little about pacifiers since we never used them before. Do you think she is uninterested because they are newborn ones (mam brand). Should I get another size or brand? Any recommendations?

Or should I just take this opportunity as a sign and stop using them? It was nice when they worked and soothed her. And she seemed to really enjoy sucking away (even called her Maggie from the Simpsons). Plus I'm not gonna lie, they look really cute. What do you guys think?

[misshart00]

As long as she doesn't get used to sucking on her hands, I say let it go. DD never really liked them unless she was sick in the hospital (and now that DS is here). But DS does not care one bit and I'm okay with that.

It is kind of cute though when DD tries to stick her paci in DS's mouth.

[dreemkin]

Apr 29, 2015 14:34:27 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

As long as she doesn't get used to sucking on her hands, I say let it go. DD never really liked them unless she was sick in the hospital (and now that DS is here). But DS does not care one bit and I'm okay with that.

It is kind of cute though when DD tries to stick her paci in DS's mouth.

That's another thing: she is starting to suck on her fingers ugh.

[michelle142]

Ds was a paci addict. Brand didn't matter to him.

Weaning off the paci was a royal PITA.

Dd hates pacis, and I'm ok with that. If she were a thumb sucker, I might try to push the paci more - while a pain, weaning the paci is easier than weaning a thumb sucker. You can't throw a thumb away

If you're LO seems like they need one, I would try different brands to find the right "fit".

[misshart00]

DD doesn't even care that much right now, but she hides them from me. So annoying.

I try to only give them to her when she's going to sleep.

[missys]

Apr 29, 2015 14:34:27 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

As long as she doesn't get used to sucking on her hands, I say let it go. DD never really liked them unless she was sick in the hospital (and now that DS is here). But DS does not care one bit and I'm okay with that.

It is kind of cute though when DD tries to stick her paci in DS's mouth.

My LO doesn't really like pacifiers but he has been sucking on his hands lately....is this bad?

[mands1125]

Apr 29, 2015 16:03:58 GMT -5 missys said:

Apr 29, 2015 14:34:27 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

As long as she doesn't get used to sucking on her hands, I say let it go. DD never really liked them unless she was sick in the hospital (and now that DS is here). But DS does not care one bit and I'm okay with that.

It is kind of cute though when DD tries to stick her paci in DS's mouth.

My LO doesn't really like pacifiers but he has been sucking on his hands lately....is this bad?

Ditto here. We have tried every brand I think too. I give up.

[misshart00]

Sucking on their hands/fingers/thumbs is fine. It's just harder to break them from the habit than pacis.

[miniwheat]

DD was a suckie addict but we weaned her in 4 days when she was biting holes into them (about 15 months). DS was born sucking his thumb so we gave him his paci to prevent him being hooked on his thumbs. We use Nuk.

[aggiebug]

Just as a psa the soothies (example in link) should not be used after 6 months. The become a serious choking hazard.

m.target.com/p/philips-avent-bpa-free-soothie-pacifier-0-3-months-green-2-pack/-/A-13956486?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=google_pla_df&LNM=13956486&CPNG=Baby&kpid=13956486&LID=9pgs&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=13956486&kpid=13956486&gclid=Cj0KEQjwgoKqBRDt_IfLr8y1iMUBEiQA8Ua7Xf-qMnjHdvCI8Y39mr-jBPZHk9m8VSGwlJDCHTmcRacaAkdA8P8HAQ

[greenpony33]

aggiebug thanks for the info, I hadn't heard that before and that's what DS likes; how do they become a choking hazard?

[seamonster]

I'm trying to get LO to take a pacifier since he loves sucking on his hands, especially his thumb. I can take away a pacifier, but I can't take away his thumb. He has trouble taking it if you don't hold it for several minutes and even then it's not for long. He knocks it out with his tongue rather than sucking on it. Such a battle.

[mishka29]

Neither of my kids wanted anything to do with them...ugh

[maryxc1]

DS, who is almost three, loved his Paci. I agree with others that giving it up was very painful. He still uses it to sleep when we travel. I was very glad that DD didn't seem to need one...until the past several days when she discovered sucking her thumb. I gave her a Paci today because I can't take her thumb away when she gets older. She was very uninterested. I will have to push more and try different brands if I can't stop this thumb sucking really fast.

[mmarie]

One of the reasons I wasn't going to give a paci was because I didn't want to be the bitch that takes it away from her lol. That lasted a whole 2 days! It does help soothe her and she has started sucking on her hand (more like trying to shove her whole hand in her mouth) which is good for me at night since I don't have to get up to put the paci back in her mouth.

[krispy83]

I'm good with pacifier use. I sucked my thumb as a baby and young child and it was a REALLY hard habit for me to break, so I wanted to avoid that with DS. So we used a pacifier when he was a baby and limited it to use only when sleeping after he turned 1. When we moved him from his crib to his "big boy bed" shortly after he turned 2, we got rid of them. We just made it part of the transition - pacifiers were for babies in cribs, big boys in beds don't need them.

For those who are using them, a tip - Avent (and I'm sure other companies as well, that was just the brand that we used) makes glow in the dark pacifiers for the 6-18m range. They are AWESOME when you're fumbling around trying to find a pacifier in the crib at 3 am.

[mommadozer]

LO used to like his wubba nub but, he doesn't care for it anymore. DARN! It was such a PITA when it would drop out of his mouth while trying to fall asleep. I would constantly have to put it back in his mouth. He tries to suck on his hands during feedings. Hopefully, we can keep him from making that habit worse.

[aggiebug]

Apr 29, 2015 19:19:47 GMT -5 greenpony33 said:

aggiebug thanks for the info, I hadn't heard that before and that's what DS likes; how do they become a choking hazard?

They can get the entire thing in their mouth! My MIL has a friend who watches her grandkid and it happened to the kid. I think that LO is only 8 months or so. She caught it before it was an issue thank goodness.

[toadandbuggie]

Apr 29, 2015 19:49:38 GMT -5 seamonster said:

I'm trying to get LO to take a pacifier since he loves sucking on his hands, especially his thumb. I can take away a pacifier, but I can't take away his thumb. He has trouble taking it if you don't hold it for several minutes and even then it's not for long. He knocks it out with his tongue rather than sucking on it. Such a battle.

Same. I've pretty much tried since day 1 to get LO to take a paci. Sometimes he'd suck for a minute or so and then spit it out. But when he's really upset he wants *nothing* to do with a paci. Over the past two weeks or so he's been sucking on his hands a lot more. I was going to just go with it and not introduce the paci again, but now after reading what previous posters said about it being easier to wean from a paci, I just might.

[greenpony33]

Apr 30, 2015 3:10:53 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Apr 29, 2015 19:19:47 GMT -5 greenpony33 said:

aggiebug thanks for the info, I hadn't heard that before and that's what DS likes; how do they become a choking hazard?

They can get the entire thing in their mouth! My MIL has a friend who watches her grandkid and it happened to the kid. I think that LO is only 8 months or so. She caught it before it was an issue thank goodness.

I was wondering if that was it but didn't think they were small enough, crazy!

[mrsclark731]

I had a hard time getting DD to take a pacifier. My mom stayed with us the first week home from the hospital, and she was the only one that could get her to take it. She insisted it was essential so that she could self soothe.

We started with the Soothie.... Now she LOVES her Advent extra air flow paci. It's all she'll take....I'll take my sanity over the worries of weaning her off in a year or two.

[Mom2Ms]

DS will not take a pacifier. It doesn't matter what it is.... DS has started sucking on his hands.... So I think he's going to become a thumb sucker.... DD wouldn't take a pacifier either, but didn't have an alternative sucking habit.

[junebugjam]

Apr 30, 2015 11:53:43 GMT -5 Mom2Ms said:

DS will not take a pacifier. It doesn't matter what it is.... DS has started sucking on his hands.... So I think he's going to become a thumb sucker.... DD wouldn't take a pacifier either, but didn't have an alternative sucking habit.

Same here. I hope he doesn't become a thumb sucker but I swear we have 20 different pacifiers and he wants nothing to do with any of them.

[Mom2Ms]

Apr 30, 2015 12:11:46 GMT -5 junebugjam said:

Apr 30, 2015 11:53:43 GMT -5 Mom2Ms said:

DS will not take a pacifier. It doesn't matter what it is.... DS has started sucking on his hands.... So I think he's going to become a thumb sucker.... DD wouldn't take a pacifier either, but didn't have an alternative sucking habit.

Same here. I hope he doesn't become a thumb sucker but I swear we have 20 different pacifiers and he wants nothing to do with any of them.

Same here. Silver lining? I guess we don't have to break them of a paci?