https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:35:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568374 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 19:12:45 +0000 atoz 2568374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all! Sounds like what she's doing is pretty typical. We'll keep trying...worst thing that happens is she doesn't take to it. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568322 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:47:29 +0000 erinbaderin 2568322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 3 months and I usually have to hold it in his mouth for a minute or so until he really gets sucking it. We mostly just use it to help him fall asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568309 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:34:46 +0000 Eko 2568309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO would spit it out at first. Took a couple months for him to get the hang of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568294 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:51:13 +0000 winter_wonder 2568294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO seems to like it very occassionally. Sometimes it will soothe her when upset but other times she gets super pissed and spots it out. I think we first introduced it around 4 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568273 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:24:50 +0000 SaltySea 2568273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried every single pacifier (mam, nuk, soothies) from three weeks on per bf recommendations. She just wouldn't take one. I'd warm them up, put milk on them but nothing worked. I continued to try sporadically for the next few months. Finally at almost five months she decided she was interested in them. So happy I kept trying because it really was a game changer for rides in the car and sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568269 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:22:13 +0000 wrkbrk 2568269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS took the soothie brand the first night in the hospital! I read somewhere (Happiest Baby on the Block maybe?) that in order to encourage your baby to take it, you should put it in their mouth and then try to take it away. Their reflex is to suck it back in! If you try to push it into their mouths by contrast, their instinct is to spit it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568258 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:15:17 +0000 snowjewelz 2568258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Took DD till 4-5 months to take to one. But now I have a paci addict at 18 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568255 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:13:18 +0000 Mrs. Cheesecake 2568255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD didn't really care for it until she was 5 months old. Most likely because it helped soothe her when she was teething. Now at almost 18 months she's an addict. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568239 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:54:56 +0000 pachamama 2568239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@atoz: I've heard it's common for them to reject it at first. it probably took my son a month to "like" it. We started him on it when he was 4 weeks old or so. We used the Avent ones. We only use it to get him to sleep when he's crying- he sucks for like 3-5 mins then spits it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568235 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:53:26 +0000 travellingbee 2568235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my boys only like the MAM pacifiers and took them from the day they got home from the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568212 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:37:43 +0000 LindsayLou 2568212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 9 month old was never a huge fan. We tried for months, and after a few weeks, she took it sporadically. We never gave it for sleep though, just to try and keep her calm and happy in the car or out and about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568202 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:28:51 +0000 catomd00 2568202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been giving one to my 3 week old since day 2 of life and she just isn't interested. You can try different kinds to see if that helps. Not sure what else to do since my first took to it right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568199 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:25:43 +0000 atoz 2568199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How did you introduce a pacifier to your LO? My one month old will mouth it for a moment but then lets it fall without seeming too into it. Did it take time for your LO? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2314111 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 18:34:30 +0000 shopaholic 2314111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Banana330: Interesting. The only one he can even kind of keep in for maybe 5-10 seconds is the smallest - MAM for newborns. I feel like even the Soothis brand one is too hard/big. </p> <p>@Littlebit: hahah - this is DH's thinking and his method when he stays up with the baby. I'm like - it's much too much work to try to hold it in all day for him. I give up after a few tries. </p> <p>@buttermilk: I've heard good things about that one! I just ordered one to try last night on Amazon! FX'd!</p> <p>@wrkbrk: lol! Reverse psychology on a newborn! I love it! He just turns his head or gags, so there's no even tempting him. </p> <p>@rachiecakes: Girlfriend, you and I got a group of thumbsuckers! waahhh! I'm still trying to figure out how to get K to stop. *sigh* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313999 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:09:34 +0000 autumnlove 2313999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 3 doesn't keep them in her mouth very long. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313834 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:48:02 +0000 rachiecakes 2313834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: lol! I'm sorry :silly: J was the SAME WAY. I wasn't anti-paci from day one but he'd only take it for a minute before spitting it out. But oooohh he would fight to get those fists in his mouth, even in the hospital the nurses couldn't keep him swaddled.<br /> Yep, going to be 4 and still a thumbsucker!<br /> I'd keep trying with the paci, even just to give you a little break here and there. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313814 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:35:05 +0000 wrkbrk 2313814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: DS isnt here yet but the guy from Happiest Baby on the Block says to use reverse psychology and try to "pull it out" which will teach baby to suck and keep it in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313716 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:19:34 +0000 Mae 2313716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just tried periodically for sleep or when she was upset. She never like Pacis until 8 weeks. Then all of a sudden she loved it. But only avent brand, randomly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313682 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:45:52 +0000 mauxie 2313682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was anti-paci in the beginning with DD as well but once she was bottle trained, she took the paci very well.</p> <p>I held off on paci's a bit with DS as well but he just never took to them.. Like you, I tried many diff brands and tried to hold it in there for a bit to get the sucking going, but he didn't care for it. No thumb sucking, either. </p> <p>I would just keep offering but maybe he's just not a paci-loving kid ;). Hopefully your little guy stretches out the time btwn his feedings soon and can learn to self soothe in other ways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313627 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:04:51 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2313627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some kids just don't like them. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313430 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 09:14:41 +0000 snowjewelz 2313430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was pretty anti-paci till like 3-4 months... I just keep offering. Sometimes I literally had to shove it in and force her to keep it there bc I knew she needed it, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313366 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 08:33:43 +0000 ldh112 2313366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We waited to introduce it until about 6 weeks but she didn't take to it until about 11-12 weeks. She only likes the MAM style, never cared for a soothie. If there is a next time, we will try much sooner though I know there is no guaruntee that will go differently. I think if you just keep trying in different scenarios (for us, the first time she really took it was on a car ride, after a variety of attempts) they may realize "hey, this helps me feel better!" and a light bulb will turn on. That was our experience anyway! Hope your baby comes around to it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313363 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 08:29:49 +0000 T-Mom 2313363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you try the smallest size that MAM has? That's the only one my kids would take in the beginning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313359 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 08:26:19 +0000 MrsSRS 2313359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe an orthodontic shaped one like the Nuk? Sometimes they stay in better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313330 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 08:05:09 +0000 buttermilk 2313330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in the same boat. DD is 7.5 Wks now and she just won't take one/keep one in. We have tried many and it seems her favorite is the Natursutten brand, but she still can't hold it in for very long. It usually ends up pissing her off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313295 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:37:22 +0000 Ajsmommy 2313295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD didn't take to her paci until she was about 14 weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313294 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:36:10 +0000 Littlebit 2313294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have luck until we tried MAM - the soothies just didn't have enough for him to grab onto! I would keep trying. In the beginning it was hard for him to keep it in his mouth. I don't know how many times a day I would put it back?? A million?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313284 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:25:06 +0000 Banana330 2313284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>our midwife recommended going up a size. It encourages them to open wider for breastfeeding and stays in their mouth better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313212 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 04:35:04 +0000 iluvboba637 2313212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS would not take any paci we tried, and we tried a bunch, always spit them back out or pushed them out if we held it for him. He wasn't a thumb sucker either. There were times he had medical appointments where I wished he would take it to soothe him but nope he just wasn't into sucking. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-pacifiers#post-2313210 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 04:28:31 +0000 Eko 2313210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO didn't hold in his pacifier for very long when he was sitting upright. He never tried to spit it out when laying on his back. It definitely seemed like he kept trying to play with it or something and it would fall out. There is a lot of holding it or putting it back in. It got better though as he's gotten older. </p>