https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:25:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2670199 Sun, 25 Dec 2016 14:12:16 +0000 snowjewelz 2670199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was so afraid with DD1 about nipple confusion and what not. I do think I'm more confident with DD2 to give her a paci earlier knowing when she already had enough to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2670198 Sun, 25 Dec 2016 14:11:18 +0000 snowjewelz 2670198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: thanks!! </p> <p>@pinkcupcake: so true. I kept offering a paci to DD1 and tho we weaned just before 2, it was worth it haha!! </p> <p>@FaithFertility: so my milk is in and I've been able to limit bottle only to night time too.. It's true, I think at night she is too lazy to work on her latch. Hopefully latch will get better and I can go off formula eventually! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2670072 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 14:09:32 +0000 KayKay 2670072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@faithfertility: oh, i totally understand that boob/bottle can be preferred one over the other. i just meant that a pacifier *instead of* a boob OR a bottle would seem very different, since you don't get any milk or formula out of a pacifier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2670067 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:53:52 +0000 Bluebonnet 2670067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've EBFed 2 LOs and they both used soothie pacis. </p> <p>With LO1 I was adamant about not using pacis, but she was a terrible sleeper (even in the hospital) and we gave her one out of desperation (night 2). She had zero problems nursing and was quite happy with her paci (when she wasn't hungry). </p> <p>With LO2, we introduced the paci a little later, but she didn't have any problems either. </p> <p>Do what you need to do to survive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2670064 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:40:49 +0000 FaithFertility 2670064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KayKay: unless your my moose and want the bottle ebecause it is easier and you just want milk to pour down your throat...I don't think it is/was nipple confusion either, he just got pissed he had to work for milk on the boob </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669954 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:33:30 +0000 autumnlove 2669954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! An early pacifier never ruined breastfeeding for any of my kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669948 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 20:58:52 +0000 twodoghouse 2669948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started the pacifier on the 2nd night I think out of desperation because they were inconsolable. They gave them upon their own around 3.5 months and never picked it up again. They're still nursing at 2.5 years so it didn't negatively affect that. Congrats on your new LO!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669892 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:36:44 +0000 KayKay 2669892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not convinced that babies have any confusion between food source (boob or bottle) and pacifier. I know they're tiny, but it seems like it'd be super obvious that, not only do they look &amp; smell different, but that food source = FOOD! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669882 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:08:35 +0000 travellingbee 2669882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used a paci from day one with both boys and never had any issues. My boys were boob monsters. My first was a crazy paci addict too until with went cold turkey at 2.5 years old. The second boy will take a paci but is kind of meh about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669874 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 15:10:24 +0000 Iced Tea 2669874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think supplementing by bottle is a bigger impediment than occasional pacifier use. When supplementing early on, I would recommend using a supplemental nursing system instead of a bottle. It's not just to avoid nipple confusion or bottle flow preference; it also helps with stimulating your milk to come in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669846 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:34:26 +0000 nana87 2669846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have any advice -- we didn't give lo1 a paci till later but I still had supply issues and supplemented-- but yayyyy I hadn't seen that lo2 had arrived, congrats mama!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669844 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:33:22 +0000 pinkcupcake 2669844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would only limit in the early days (first week or so) to encourage your milk to come in. With my first, we battled bad latch and I ended up with bleeding cracked nipples so I was terrified of the same thing happening w #2. I let him use a paci almost immediately and I think that's what took my milk almost a full week to come in. Once I let him nurse 24/7, pumped constantly, and took fenugreek and blessed thistle, my milk came in almost immediately. </p> <p>But - I also think after milk supply has been established and baby is gaining well, its prudent to offer a paci if you don't want to become a human pacifier. We stopped and now my almost 6 month old refuses to take one and I'm the only one who can soothe him </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669840 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:13:59 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2669840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg! I just saw this! She's here! Congrats mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669832 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:34:11 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2669832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter had them after screaming all night in the hospital. She did have trouble bf and we gave up.</p> <p>My son took them and bottles from the start, I had health issues and planned to wean right from after colostrum. But honestly he could latch all the way until I fully stopped making milk weeks later, despite being given bottles. All this to say I really think it depends on the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669823 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:19:40 +0000 snowjewelz 2669823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I was SO stressed with DD1 bc I refused to supplement but we were all miserable trying to get my milk to come in plus tongue tie latch issues and what not.. This time in def more lax to save my sanity! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669822 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:18:20 +0000 snowjewelz 2669822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: @theotherstark: I am trying! She just gets annoyed at the boob too! My milk is starting to coming in now, so maybe she will like the boob better now that something is coming out. I think she preferred paci bc she had that before boob at NICU. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669817 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:12:28 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2669817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: Yep, my LO didn't have nipple confusion or nipple preference. He had boob and three different kinds of bottle nipples all with in the first two weeks of life and drank without issue. But, to @T.H.O.U.: @theotherstark: point if the goal is to BF and your milk hasn't come in yet the paci use is one less opportunity for the baby to be on the breast. </p> <p>@snowjewelz: my doula helped me formulate my birth preferences and care for baby instructions. Trust me if she hadn't done a rundown I would have likely just said no formula since we wanted to give BF a try. And then of course we had to supplement because my milk took 5 days to come in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669794 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 10:54:25 +0000 Mrsbells 2669794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: we gave both kids pacifiers in the newborn phase. For both of them it did not have any impact on breastfeeding. Not all kids get that nipple confusion or other issues with switching between breast, bottle and pacifier </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669762 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 10:22:50 +0000 youboots 2669762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ended up at the PICU at 5 days and they have it to her there. She never took to it much- she sucks on her fingers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669753 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 10:13:47 +0000 theotherstark 2669753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I was going to say the same thing! I would try to keep her on the boob as much as possible, to help your milk come in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669741 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 09:44:49 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2669741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you are really trying to get your milk to come in, I would be keeping her at the breast as much as possible. That may be almost non-stop! Every suck will help stimulate not only milk coming in but your supply. </p> <p>I'm not saying dont do the paci, but I would really limit it in those beginning weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669740 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 09:38:51 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2669740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would let her have it! A nurse gave DD one while she had tests done in the hospital and I took it away. She never took one again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669726 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 09:20:05 +0000 snowjewelz 2669726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: NICU just threw me for a loop since I had "total control" over DD1 as she roomed in with us after birth.</p> <p>@Shantuck: so good to hear! Bc I am not about to give up the paci now haha! </p> <p>@iluvboba637: wow that's awesome! If she hates it, weaaaan! I fortunately weaned my 2 year old just before her 2nd bday when she was really sick.. I would totally wean earlier with DD2! </p> <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I didn't even think about this issue so oh well! NICU only asked if it was ok to supplement formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669717 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:38:37 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2669717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We asked that the hospital not give him a paci. We planned to introduce one ourselves around 2 weeks old. I don't think it's a bad idea. She finds it soothing and that's what matters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669712 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:22:19 +0000 iluvboba637 2669712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say if the paci helps comfort her, I would let her have it. </p> <p>My older DS never took a paci and was not a good nurser. I ended up EP for him. </p> <p>My younger Dd was given the paci in the NICU for 8 days while she was on TPN and couldn't have my pumped milk or formula. She grew attached to the paci but once I was able to start feeding her she latched and nursed like a champ. She takes bottles of pump milk ok too but only from my mom who cares for her when I'm at work. At 8 months old she's almost weaned off the paci by herself. She almost hates the paci now starting about a month ago when she was teething. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669709 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:11:38 +0000 cam 2669709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS had one from day 1 in the hospital that the nurses gave him. He was a bit early so was in observation for the first 24 hours. We supplemented at first since he was small but went on to have a good bf relationship, and we decided to keep one bottle per day (of pumped once there was enough). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669704 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 06:53:12 +0000 magnolia 2669704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know but CONGRATS!! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669701 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 06:45:56 +0000 Shantuck 2669701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We brought a pacifier to the hospital (though the hospital also gives them out) and used them from day 1. I asked the pediatrician as well as the lactation consultant and both said it was fine to use since we had no latch issues. She's 7 weeks and we're still using it (like your first, my first never took one this early).</p> <p>Eta; bottles on the other hand have caused us dome issues with breastfeeding but that's mostly a flow thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669699 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 06:06:56 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2669699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our hospital doesnt even give us one. LO2 latched on well, but then after giving her the bottle to supplement its like she forgot how to breast feed.</p> <p>I bet just like anything else, it depends on the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669696 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 05:21:47 +0000 snowjewelz 2669696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: haha! It's def hard to break whatever she learned in NICU for even 2 short nights! I just keep saying to myself this is survival mode for now; hopefully once my milk is in I can direct her back to paci and boob... Otherwise I see lots of pumping in my future! </p>