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Marengo 
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 3:31pm |
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my daughter is constantly wanting to suck so much so that it will distress her when she is overtired and just wants to suck, she will only suck on me and doesnt like her dummies, is there a way i can make them more appealing to her safely? they are avent dummies i wonder if she just doesnt like the silicone, she wont take a bottle now either its just boob all the way thanks very much!
what can i do i cant have her attached to me all the time if she gets overtired and she doesnt like my finger all that much either..
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sweetknights
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 3:47pm |
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Hi honey have you tried the tommee tippee dummies as they are meant to be more like a nipple (not sure how true that is) My daughter has those and I find I have to hold it in her mouth and tap it a little until she gets the idea and starts sucking it can take a good 5 mins sometimes... If this is still a no go see if you can encourage her to suck on her fist ... Unfortunately there can be a fine line between when you give them a dummy or bottle and if you go over it you may struggle to get them to take either...
If its still not working you might want to google some self settling tips so she starts learning to self settle without needing your boob for comfort
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 4:40pm |
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The best one I found was NUK, they are smaller than the other dummies and you can get latex or silicone teats on them. DD never really took to them but we had the most success with them. (tried the tommee tippee ones too)
The sleepstore sell them so do most pharmacies.
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 4:45pm |
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Mine girls weren't fans of dummies much either but they would take the Tommee Tippee ones. The Avent ones we just ended up throwing away.
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 5:57pm |
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hugs hugs and more hugs to you...my first son took it right away my second wouldnt no matter what i did:( (i tried everything that didn involve putting something on the dummy..and he just wouldnt:(
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 6:19pm |
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My boys are the same as elfsmum. DS1 took it after a bit of holding it in his mouth (a couple of weeks). DS2 just would not ever take it despite trying everything.
One trick i got told was to put it in and then lightly pull it back so that they try and suck it back in.
So worth the effort if she will take it but it is a double edged sword in that it is just another thing to try and get rid of later.
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 6:32pm |
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i might try another brand i kind of thought they were pretty much the same but i'll give them a go, if i hold it in her mouth she just screams and screams the poor thing! its almost like its piping hot the way she reacts when i try get her to take it! she used to take it sometimes when she was bottle fed but now shes fully breastfed its a no go..
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 6:38pm |
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just bought a nuk one hope she likes it! my poor bbies need a break in the evenings!
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 7:26pm |
Nuk ones were the only ones Jacob would take. I realy think it's worth it in the long run if they do, they made everything a lot easier for us 
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 7:46pm |
Dummy was a no go here too. I didn't mind her comfort sucking though. The Plunket nurse disagreed with me letting her comfort suck 'Oh no we can't have that! You must get her to have a dummy!' so we tried for 2 days - all the tricks - pulling it out slightly, etc and she spent the next 2 weeks screaming after a feed for fear we'd offer a dummy 
Perhaps give it a while and try again...
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 8:07pm |
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Maybe squirt a bit of breast milk onto the dummy so it tastes like you. After doing that a few times it might help. Good luck!
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Posted: 21 April 2011 at 8:50pm |
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Tapping it gently can help too. When DD's reflux was playing up I would hold her and rock while holding the dummy in her mouth. She would be screaming but she'd eventually start sucking (sometimes after 20mins). I also used to pop it in my bra for 5 or so mins to warm it up and get it smelling like me. Once she was sucking she'd settle really quickly but would spit it out if I wasn't right there.
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Posted: 22 April 2011 at 12:07am |
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When my daughter was born she wouldnt take the dummy when i wanted to shower (while at hospital). So i figured if i let her feed and kept her on while falling asleep what would happen if i quickly stuffed the dummy in her mouth with those half asleep suckles and it woke her up at first and spat it out. But then when she was suckling in her sleep afew hours later i stuck it in success. She's now 3 months and i dont use it as much in the day mostly for sleeping :)
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Posted: 22 April 2011 at 9:30am |
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Mine wouldnt take it either no matter what i tried but i did encourage him to start sucking his fist and just last week he got his thumb in there and boy is he happy. Another option perhaps though i think a dummy would probably be easier somehow (if he's upset he waves his arms and pulls the thumb out then gets upset its gone)
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Posted: 22 April 2011 at 10:14am |
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A trick I saw on the 'Happiest Baby' dvd was to use a kind of reverse psychology, so once she has the dummy in her mouth, you push it down gently, and repetitively like you're going to take it away, and often she sucks to try and keep it.
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Posted: 22 April 2011 at 10:15am |
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This isn't the answer you're looking for but we tried 4 different types of dummies with my DD and she wouldn't take any of them. I wouldn't have bothered but she was prem and they wanted to encourage the suckling reflex then she had silent reflux and we thought it might help with the pain but noooo, no dummies for her. I get the impression that some babies just aren't interested. I do remember though that it was about that age that we had to work on self settling. I think their little sensory systems start really getting into gear around then and they are more aware of things around them. Maybe try other things like white noise, or a musical mobile etc?
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Posted: 22 April 2011 at 2:17pm |
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Yeah, I'm like thesaff, my DS wouldn't take a dummy no matter what. I tried them ALL. So I gave up in the end
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Posted: 22 April 2011 at 3:45pm |
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i'll try all the tricks with the new dummy, i have tried them with her old ones but no go, she does like sucking her fists but gets frustrated they cant get into her mouth, also she has a teddy she will suck on his nose or ear but the same thing happens, it wont go in so she gets annoyed at it
she does have white noise but she gets overtired so quickly and when she is all she wants to do is suck to sleep and will wake herself up sucking on things, she tries to suck on the mattress, the swaddle, her fist and gets so annoyed and worked up! poor little thing i just want to help her through this phase but i cant have her on me constantly like she wants because my nipples just get too sore! i wouldnt mind otherwise!
she did used to take it and it would drop her right off to sleep and then fall out and she would keep sleeping, its just since being fully bf that she wont take it anymore
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Posted: 26 April 2011 at 10:36pm |
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I paid a karitane to come in and she threaded a muslin wrap through the dummy to make a little heavier and just held it in there til baby fell asleep (on her side in a wedge) while patting her - quite easy to do when they are swaddled
I found it a little agressive at the time but it worked! she only needed it for a few weeks off and on to realise I was not her pacifier!
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Posted: 27 April 2011 at 11:30am |
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she actually took the nuk dummy in her basinette which is where she gets most upset when she cant use me, so hopefully she will get used to having it and can have it when she is out and about and needs to sleep also..
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