Newborn dummy

My baby girl is 3 weeks on Friday and won’t take a dummy I’ve tried 3 types as much as I don’t want her to get in the habit of having it I feel like it will sooth her and I’ve heard it can be good at this age. What dummies did you try?

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If she's refusing it dont bother spending a fortune on them. She clearly just isnt into them like my son he took it when we was in hospital for 12 days when he was born then he refused it since

I’ve just had my second baby, we’ve gone with tommee tippee everyday/ultra light. Honestly, with my first we tried so many to find one she would take. Second time mum me realised they will take any as long as you persist and offer it enough. X

Some babies just never take to it

The nuk glow in the dark ones worked best for us. But she rejected it around 6 months

We have 7 dummies of different types that came free with various things, ours loves the mam ones!

Both my kids rejected soothies. They both developed their own method of self soothing

Can I ask why you want her to take one? I genuinely don’t understand why parents think their child HAS to take it but I’m trying to understand. Is there a benefit that’s required? You can soothe babies other ways in my understanding. To me that’s like trying to force your kid to play with toy trucks when you want them to build their imagination. If they don’t want toy trucks, why make em use that specific one?

Mine likes the mam brand

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