Charlie and Olive never took to one. That's ok with me -- one less habit to break. But I do see the upsides of using one especially if it calms your child and/or helps them sleep.
Does your LO take a paci?
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My LO wouldn't take one. At first I didn't want to give her one... but then she seemed to love sucking sooo much. The nurse at the hospital told us to use our finger to soothe her, and she loved that. So I quickly gave in but she wouldn't take it. I tried a few different kinds but paci's just aren't for her.
And then a couple of months later we found out why. She's a thumb sucker.
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Thank heavens, yes. I don't look forward to breaking him of it, but we also don't give it constantly. However, it is tremendously helpful when he is otherwise taken care of but simply needs to self-soothe a bit.
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No, LO won't...But she's a champion thumb-sucker to soothe. I guess, I'm okay with that!
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Yup, my LOVED her paci and it was super helpful. But then when we took it away she was fine, too, so I don't think it is a bad habit if you don't overuse the paci and take it away early enough.
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@Rubies: I love the thumb sucking! I have a friend who's baby loses the paci in the middle of the night so she has to go pop it back in. When my LO loses her thumb, she just takes a few minutes to find it on her own. And I don't have to wake up and get out of bed!
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I never gave my LO a paci. She liked sucking on her fists and fingers.. now she tries chewing/sucking on everything she can get her hands on. -.-
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@artbee: I love watching LO search for her thumb...Her mouth is gaped open and she's huffing and puffing for it until it finally lands in her mouth.
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Nope, once in awhile she would in the car but that didn't last long. She's also not a thumb sucker. Baby looked like she was sucking her thumb in one of the sonograms so I'm a bit surprised.
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LO can't hold a paci in her mouth - she was "tongue-tied" at birth and when she got snipped, her tongue still wasn't "loose" enough to hold a paci...
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RJ had one pretty much 24/7 except after falling asleep for the first 4 or so months of his life. Once he found his fingers, he didn't need it anymore. He's always been soothed by sucking, so these both were great tools to get him to sleep on his own.
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Intense paci lover. If he could collect them all he would. Sometimes we put 4 or 5 in his crib to be sure he always has one on hand and he gets all excited he starts giggling. It's pretty funny.
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Once we found the right brand my son started to love his pacifier.
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Binks is his best friend. It falls out when he sleeps and it's a pain to have to go back and pop it in his mouth at night if he wakes up. He also faux binks. Mouth moves like it's in but it's not. Cutest thing ever.
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Mine HATED it! Did not want to know about it! So far no thumb sucking either (crosses fingers)
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Yes, Tommee Tippee brand. I will try my hardest and do whatever is needed to avoided a thumb sucker. Not knocking anyone, I'm a major germ phobe. Also my 3 year old stepdaughter is s thumb sucker, and was hospitalized - 2 years ago because she got a staph infection that entered through a blister on her thumb from sucking it. Terrified me, it settled in her spine and she couldn't walk. I refuse to go through that.
My son had a paci and gave it up very easily. I'm not worried, she spits it out/refuses it when she doesn't want it.
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