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notmyname
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Can't get DD to take pacifier
I am breastfeeding my 3 week old DD and she'll take a bottle, but refuses a pacifier. She's been using me as a pacifier lately and I would really like to sleep sometime. We've tried three different brands. Any tricks?
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Posted 12/5/10 1:18 PM  |
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DomesticDeeva
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
Just keep trying. My DD was the same way...she would spit them out. The only ones she kept in were the soothies, because we put our fingers in the hole to help her keep it in. I've tried every kind of paci, and she still only likes the soothies.  She's 3m/o now and finally keeps them in lol.
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| Posted 12/5/10 1:24 PM |
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Bops
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
Neither one of my kids ever took one, it actually got them more PO'ed than anything...I think some kids just dislike them ...Maybe she's still a little hungry ?? 
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| Posted 12/5/10 1:28 PM |
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ElleDee
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
DS really doesn't like it either. Never has. He thinks you're messing with him. Nipple and no milk = no no 
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| Posted 12/5/10 1:29 PM |
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MamaB17
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
I EBF and my daughter never really takes it. The only way she will take it is if she is exhausted, and in the car. Then she kind of chews on it anyway. I use to try putting a little BM on it. Try that.
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| Posted 12/5/10 1:40 PM |
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mamallama
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
I tried for 4 months, buying every brand possible. I just gave up, oh well.
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| Posted 12/5/10 2:30 PM |
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CucumberGirl
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
DD could only hold on to the Nuk ones - the Soothies, Avent, etc. - all would fall out, but Nuk she could hold onto.
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| Posted 12/5/10 2:50 PM |
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jgl
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
My son hated it but im glad because he learned ways to sooth himself and i dont have to keep popping it back in his mouth
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| Posted 12/5/10 3:48 PM |
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Domino
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
DS never took a pacifier. Figured it was better that way anyway...one less habit to break later on and it taught his how to soothe himself at a very early age.
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| Posted 12/5/10 7:07 PM |
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azoodie
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
DS wouldn't take one until the 3 month mark. He would spit them out. It may have also been coincidence since I was going back to work and happened to try MAMs for the first time. They also happened to be the 6 month size. I was looking at the 0-3 and they looked too small for DS. It did the trick and now they are still the only kind he will take.
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| Posted 12/5/10 7:12 PM |
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Mimms
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
My ds was the same way. I ebf for the first few months and tried countless times to get him to take the pacifier. He always spit it out, I gave up evenutally.
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| Posted 12/5/10 7:59 PM |
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couldbtwins
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
I tried a few different kinds and DD wanted no part of a pacifier. I was a little happy with that because I now didn't have to worry about breaking her of the habit. 
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| Posted 12/5/10 8:26 PM |
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labonnevie
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
Posted by Jenna
I tried for 4 months, buying every brand possible. I just gave up, oh well.
i tried and tried and she never took. now she's a finger sucker and soothes herself. kind of glad because i never have to worry about a paci falling out and having to wake at 3am to put it back in!
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| Posted 12/5/10 9:02 PM |
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Christine2
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
Posted by labonnevie
Posted by Jenna
I tried for 4 months, buying every brand possible. I just gave up, oh well.
i tried and tried and she never took. now she's a finger sucker and soothes herself. kind of glad because i never have to worry about a paci falling out and having to wake at 3am to put it back in!
same exact thing with my DD. From day one she never took the pacifier and by about 3 months or so became an avid finger sucker....my only concern is weaning her from finger sucking in the future!
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| Posted 12/5/10 10:34 PM |
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butterfly20
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
might be the brand. ds toook the soothie. then after newborn he started poping them out and we switched to the MAM
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| Posted 12/6/10 1:02 AM |
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lalonipop
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
My son is 7 months and he will only take it while he fussy over teething... Other than that he doesnt want it at all...
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| Posted 12/6/10 5:54 AM |
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dandj
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
Posted by Domino
DS never took a pacifier. Figured it was better that way anyway...one less habit to break later on and it taught his how to soothe himself at a very early age.
Exactly how I felt...I gave up after the first week or two.
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| Posted 12/6/10 6:52 AM |
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snowprincess
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Re: Can't get DD to take pacifier
at that age - my son took the pacifier if i dipped in water or if i wiped it with a pacifier wipe
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| Posted 12/6/10 8:47 AM |
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