Who hasn’t given their baby a dummy yet and is BF?
We gave our little boy a dummy at 3 days old, we struggled to get him off the dummy, he had it until he was 3 and I felt he became super reliant on it and wouldn’t nap or sleep without it.
My little girl is 9 weeks- we haven’t given her a dummy- I haven’t felt the need to even though my husband told me to give her one when she’s been unsettled at night. I’ve always managed to settle her - she’s BF and definitely uses me for comfort. She will be our last baby and if I’m honest her comfort feeding seems to stop me in my tracks, soak it all up and enjoy it so I’m happy for her to not have a dummy.
the past week she’s been sleeping 6-7hours at night.
However I’m super anxious about SIDS as I know dummy’s are advised for BF babies.
I wasn’t too worried as while she was sleeping longer stretches I was still waking up every few hours and checking on her. But now I’m sleeping the same amount she is.
What’s everyone’s thoughts? I feel we’ve done so well without one but my anxiety is getting the better of me.
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Our little girl is 14 weeks tomorrow (born very end of Dec), is EBF and doesn’t have a dummy. Our son is 2.5 almost and he never had a dummy! We never saw the need to try with him so didn’t and honestly haven’t even thought about it this time round I didn’t even buy any. It’s totally personal preference and i feel if she’s happy without it there’s no need to try to force!
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