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She was SoSo, He loved it, He hated it!Feb 25 '01 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line Educate yourself on pacifiers butI can almost assure you that when your baby arrives he or she may actually be the one to determine if the pacifier is right.
Oh the pacifier. One of those decisions that new parents must make on whether to give one or not. BUT, sometimes it's the child who lets the parents know as well, even though so small and new to this world. I have had three totally different experiences with pacifiers with three children of my own. She Was So So About It I will say when my daughter was born, I was totally against pacifiers. Whenever she was brought to my room, a pacifier was sitting by her in the bassinet. I always took it and tossed it in the drawer since I just could not stand them after seeing a friend of mine, who's daughter was 9 months old at the time of my daughters birth, become so addicted to it that sleeping became a problem since it was lost quite a bit during the night. But after a few weeks with a baby that had horrible reflux, I tried it to sooth her. She took it at times in the beginning, I would say for a month or so, but when she started to realize that nothing came out of that nipple, she began to spit it out and was determined not to take it. At this point, I wanted her to have one because it seemed that with the reflux, she constantly wanted to eat which then, she would spit up even more. She is the one who determined that she did not want it, so life went on and now she is 8. Then came the news, 5 years later, that I was going to have twins and what did I do, run out and buy my own pacifiers to take to the hospital. My attitude changed totally....... On the first day my boys were born (full term and being nursed) I introduced the pacifier to them both. Neither one was totally crazy about it, but I kept working with them. I knew that some babies do take a little time getting use to them. He LOVED It My first born twin seemed to enjoy the pacifier quickly. It took him a while to learn how to keep it in his mouth. He was very soothed by it and it would calm him right down, specially waiting his turn to be nursed. Once he hit about 4 or 5 months and could get it into his mouth on his own, getting up at night to just put it back in his mouth became a thing of the past. I would just place several round his crib so where ever he would be when waking, he could get one in arms reach. The pacifier was great when he felt ill or was hurting in some way. It would sooth him when he was fearful of something or someone. It became his comfort item along with his little blankie. Now, today, he is 32 months old and the pacifier is still in existence here, although I am not all for it at this late age. I have concerns over it and have addressed them with his pediatric dentist, who did say, not to worry right now. He will not go off to Kindergarten with it hanging in his mouth. He uses it when he first wakes up and places his blankie next to his face as comfort. He is basically in love with it and I dread the day when I finally say "that is it". I do wish that I took it away at a younger age, but with having twin's, I depended on it just as much as he did. He Hated It Now my second born twin took the pacifier for 2 weeks then he never again would put it in his mouth. I tried so many different types of nipples because he was a very very very fussy baby. He also was extremely sensitive to his surroundings and would cry if someone just looked at him the wrong way. He just did not want anything to do with it no matter how hard I tried. At times I would try to get him to take one and he would just gag on it. But now at 32 months and having his brother dependant on one, I am glad that he never took to one....just one less child and one less thing that I have to wean.  |
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