Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Pacifier or not?

All the books I have been reading has advised not to give a newborn a pacifier until he/she is 2-3 weeks old, in order to not cause nipple confusion in breast-fed babies. Therefore, we held off until this weekend.

Why did we wait so long????? It has been a great help during Jake's fussy periods and also gets him to fall asleep a little faster during his 3AM feedings.

(Excuse the pink pacifier tether... this is what happens when you don’t find out the ender of the baby when registering)



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  1. Lindsey McFarlandMay 26, 2009 at 6:47 PM

    Aren't they heaven?? The only tough part is taking them away, if you ever figure that out let me know, I have a three year old that still has his.

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  2. The HoagsMay 26, 2009 at 9:23 PM

    Definitely a MUST in my book...though the 3am waking to replace a lost paci does get annoying after a while. Both of our boys took a paci from day 1 and had no nipple confusion issues. (Now we have one thumb sucker and one who gave up the paci at 3 months...and they both nursed until 8 months) )Hope you're getting some sleep, Jake is adorable!!

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