Pacifier

Thanks ladies!!!!
I was stressing so much bout this. I guess I'll take my cues from him. The other day I didnt give him the dummy when he was falling asleep, so he started sucking on his fingers, I put it in his mouth soooo quickly!!! Thats the reason I bought it to begin with, coz he was sucking on his fingers & he sleeps better with it
Mayb I'll introduce a taglet late, right now, everything goes to his ,outh!!!! he might just end up eating & sucking on it

The real Taglet is made by babysense and you get them at most babystores. It just a soft white cloth square with ribbon tags on it (supposedly a good soother and good for sensory input). You also get copies - Mr price home had some with animal heads in adition to the tags.

Sorry to butt in but where did you buy your taglets and what does it look like or who makes it?

All I know is that my now 6 month old only took a dummy at 4 months old. I tried to get him to take it as on the odd occassion when he did accept one then he would just fall asleep so easily. So I perservered and eventually he took one. Now he has one when he sleeps or is upset. I would not be without it. I also use a taglet which works well. But the dummy is my lifesaver. Before he took a dummy I struggled to get him to sleep and stay asleep. But now he is just so easy.

I also have an almost 3 year old that has a dummy and I am struggling to get rid of it. But I must admitt that he only uses it for sleeping and then as long as he knows where it is he is happy.

It is all personal opinion though.

I actually only learnt this about a week ago:)

Anthropologists believe that the natural weaning age of a child is about 2 and a half years, which is why so many children are still using bottles etc at this age:)

I agree with you about toddlers running around with dummies, but my friend an OT specialising in sensory intergration also says that by takin a dummy away from a child before they are ready can give it up can also cause other issues. She recommends speicifying it can only be used in bed at sleep/nap time and allowing them to make the decision to give it up (you can facilitate this by suggesting they are big and perhaps they could "sell" their dummy for a toy that they would like)

That said I was totally anti a pacifier before James was born. However he is a very big sucker and cannot self soothe without it. He was using me as a dummy to try get to sleep (I breastfeed) and eventually when he was 3 weeks old I introduced it. He actually hates it, and spits it out constantly, but I have taken to holding it in his mouth which actually (strangely)helps him get to sleep. He much prefers sucking on me:) I only use the dummy when he is overtired and struggling to settle, but have introduced his taglet, which I wrap into his swaddling and place against his fac when I put to sleep. I am now finding that unless he hasnt slept at all, just the taglet on his face s enough to get him to settle. I would say that you can start weanin him of his dummy by introducing another means of self soothing (as per the baby sense book) as soon as now, but this doesnt mean that his sucking reflex has disapeared (James makes sucking motions when he is sleeping even when his mouth is empty).

Hi ZodwaM. With my first child, i slowly removed it from 4 months. I didn't have any info on advantages and disadvantages thereof. I just knew i needed to be patient with her. I'm still going to do the same with my second baby who is now 8wks. Actually, i've started to practice to avoid just giving it to her unnecessarily. Dummy for me is like weaning a baby from the breast or bottle. Just be wise and don't shock them. I am not going to have a 2yr old running around with a dummy. The Lord forbid. My first child is just fine. Never had a sucking thing and did fine emotionally. I received an email from baby sense last month saying pacifiers are not good and one must try to remove them from child by 1yr.

Hi ZodwaM. With my first child, i slowly removed it from 4 months. I didn't have any info on advantages and disadvantages thereof. I just knew i needed to be patient with her. I'm still going to do the same with my second baby who is now 8wks. Actually, i've started to practice to avoid just giving it to her unnecessarily. Dummy for me is like weaning a baby from the breast or bottle. Just be wise and don't shock them. I am not going to have a 2yr old running around with a dummy. The Lord forbid. My first child is just fine. Never had a sucking thing and did fine emotionally. I received an email from baby sense last month saying pacifiers are not good and one must try to remove them from child by 1yr.