Dummies
Anyone using a dummy for their newborn?
Heard it could lead to nipple confusion and may be hard for them to come off? So not entirely sure if I should introduce one.
My baby sometimes stays on my boob even after they’re done eating or if they’re stimulated, they want the boob to calm down or as a way to help sleep so was thinking a dummy might be better?
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I introduced one at about 4 weeks once breastfeeding was well established, I got the Phillips avent soothie
I introduced a dummy from early and it didn’t affect breastfeeding for us.. pumping milk for a bottle did! She realised the bottle was much easier and didn’t want the boob anymore 😢
I gave her the dummy at 2 months old
Nipple confusion isn’t really so much of an issue but interfering with the natural latching process can affect milk supply if a dummy is being used to replace cluster feeding x
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