When is it okay to give a new born a dummy? Im getting mixed responses from family members
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I think we used one on day 2 or 3!

I didn’t give mine a dummy until about 10 weeks due to an undiagnosed tongue tie x

My son didn’t really want his realised there was no milk in it and spat it back out 🤣.. I was still in hospital when he had his, so the first week sometimes he’d take it others he wouldn’t but he was a hungry baby was feeding every 2 hours x

They say 3-4 weeks if your planning on breastfeeding

I held off as long as I could but my son (formula fed) got given his around 10 weeks roughly. When trapped wind and colic started kicking in x

My exclusively breastfed son had one from day one (they gave him one in NICU to help with settling him and to help his sucking reflex as I couldn’t feed immediately) and I never had any issues with nipple confusion or issues with feeding.