Dummy or Thumb

My baby girl is 7.5 weeks and we’ve never given her a dummy. This is because our 3yr old still has his at times and it’s been difficult for him to give it up entirely (he used to only have it for naps/night but, got extremely sick in hospital and essentially had it in constantly and since then, he’s needed it beyond sleep).

She’s just started to figure out how to get her thumb (with a great deal of frustration beforehand).

My question is, is a dummy or thumb more problematic for the longer road? I worry if she has her thumb, we can’t take it away and also, a thumb seems more unhygienic.

What have your experiences been?

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We gave my little boy a dummy from early on because he started sucking his thumb! The midwives also told us that a dummy is much easier to take away than a thumb x

My sil is 20 years old and still sucks her thumb to sleep/in her sleep till this day. That put enough fear in me to ensure I don’t create that habit for my LO😅

Girl, i'm 38 and I still suck my thumb when i'm tired. I have a cousin who is 52 that still sucks hers.

My parents tried to get me to stop. Did everything. But I feel if they had just given me a dummy they could have taken it away at some point.

My baby has a dummy because I dont want him to suck fingers/thumb, and go through braces and all of that like I did because my teeth are wonky because of thumb sucking xxx

I haven't experienced the 'taking away' part yet but my son has had a dummy in hospital for comfort and I'd rather a dummy than a thumb because you can eventually take away the dummy but you can't take away their thumbs! Xx

My son sucked his thumb briefly. I kept replacing it with the dummy and made sure to take the dummy away at around 6-9 months because I knew it would me much harder to take away when he’s older x

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Dummy or Thumb

My baby girl is 7.5 weeks and we’ve never given her a dummy. This is because our 3yr old still has his at times and it’s been difficult for him to give it up entirely (he used to only have it for naps/night but, got extremely sick in hospital and essentially had it in constantly and since then, he’s needed it beyond sleep).

She’s just started to figure out how to get her thumb (with a great deal of frustration beforehand).

My question is, is a dummy or thumb more problematic for the longer road? I worry if she has her thumb, we can’t take it away and also, a thumb seems more unhygienic.

What have your experiences been?

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