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I would wait until he takes it consistently before you worry about these things. My LO took the paci a couple of times but that's it, it's been her thumb and only her thumb ever since.

Do you have a feeding schedule? I think if it's been a certain number of hours, you'll be able to figure out that your LO is hungry, but obviously if you just fed him an hour ago you can assume it's just fussy time.

My LO won't take the soother if she's hungry, just when she's sleepy. Works for me!

In the beginning, it was all a guessing game because we couldn't figure out if she was hungry or just wanted to suck, so we would try the pacifier first, and when that didn't work, I would offer the breast. Most of the time she only wanted it to sleep. If she started falling asleep on my breast, I would remove her and offer the pacifier to her if she woke up (so she wouldn't hurt my nipples from the shallow sucking)