I am for pacifiers any slight chance that it may reduce SIDS is a bonus to me.....
Keypoy05...once u rule out any medical issues re weight/loss and u find that the problem is the pacifier..discontinue use of it..as it sounds like its causing u more grief than its worth...
However if ur child is happy with it..its obviously working..
My first child cried for three weeks non stop when he was born and i was against using them back then...and to my horror my husband gave it to him at 4am in the morning (on his shift) and he stopped crying and slept through 5 hours....he loved it...and i can assure u his appetite didnt increase..he would happily spit it out in lieu of feeding...
My second child hated it..he would spit it out constantly..but i insisted he has it due to reports that it may elp decrease SIDS which scares me in their first year of life.
As for dependancy on it when my son turned 17 months i just explained to him that he no longer needs it anymore as he started to have one in each hand and one in his mouth (lol)which wasnt a nice look..my second child was born andi explained to him it is only for babies and now its his brothers turn to use them.He only asked for it once and never mentioned it again.. In fact he used to pop them into his brothers mouth to pacifiy him.
Its a personal descision wheather u use one or not..If its worrying u dont use it b/c ur baby will feel the stress you r under and in turn will make your baby stressed out...
As for the mother in law.." a long story suggests that there input into ur parenting descisions which conflict with your. Nip them in the bud before they get out of hand...Being a new mum can be stressfull enough an u dont need others stressing you out more. If their input isnt constructive..just thank them for their advice and just do what u want...its hard to do..but sooner is better than later..
And good luck with being a new mum...its a 24/7 unpaid job but they are worth it...
I am for pacifiers any slight chance that it may reduce SIDS is a bonus to me.....
Keypoy05...once u rule out any medical issues re weight/loss and u find that the problem is the pacifier..discontinue use of it..as it sounds like its causing u more grief than its worth...
However if ur child is happy with it..its obviously working..
My first child cried for three weeks non stop when he was born and i was against using them back then...and to my horror my husband gave it to him at 4am in the morning (on his shift) and he stopped crying and slept through 5 hours....he loved it...and i can assure u his appetite didnt increase..he would happily spit it out in lieu of feeding...
My second child hated it..he would spit it out constantly..but i insisted he has it due to reports that it may elp decrease SIDS which scares me in their first year of life.
As for dependancy on it when my son turned 17 months i just explained to him that he no longer needs it anymore as he started to have one in each hand and one in his mouth (lol)which wasnt a nice look..my second child was born andi explained to him it is only for babies and now its his brothers turn to use them.He only asked for it once and never mentioned it again.. In fact he used to pop them into his brothers mouth to pacifiy him.
Its a personal descision wheather u use one or not..If its worrying u dont use it b/c ur baby will feel the stress you r under and in turn will make your baby stressed out...
As for the mother in law.." a long story suggests that there input into ur parenting descisions which conflict with your. Nip them in the bud before they get out of hand...Being a new mum can be stressfull enough an u dont need others stressing you out more. If their input isnt constructive..just thank them for their advice and just do what u want...its hard to do..but sooner is better than later..
And good luck with being a new mum...its a 24/7 unpaid job but they are worth it...