Pacifier Warning?! Doctor Warns About Air In Baby's Brain???

[@nicolepere2056]

Currently pregnant with my first child. Your videos always make me feel more confident in the decisions I plan on making for my baby so thank you for sharing important and accurate info 😊!

[@asana_awakening]

It’s so comforting to be able to look over at my baby’s bassinet during the night and see her pacifier moving. Helps my anxiety immensely!

[@mandybeck4322]

And the cute little sucking sounds!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@samcobb1353]

Mom of 4 under 4 and only 1 of my kiddos was a pacifier baby. My first hated pacifiers. Refused to use it. My second one used it like a lifeline. He’s currently a few months shy of 3 and he has 99% weaned off of them himself. My third was the one that could truly take it or leave it. She just did not care. So, for my own sanity (keeping track, keeping them clean, keeping them replaced regularly, etc), I opted not to use it for her. And so that I wouldn’t have to worry about the weaning process for her. With my fourth, he had lip and tongue tie issues that were diagnosed late so I refused to use a pacifier so that he would eat as much and as often as he wanted to. He’s now 5 months old and does not use or want one. He sleeps 12+ hours all night and takes 2-3 solid naps per day and no longer wants or needs a swaddle or sleep sack either. I hope this helps someone out there. ❤ It’s totally okay to have an opinion about pacifiers in both directions. And it’s also great to follow your intuition and instincts about it also.

[@mamanursetina]

Agree! Instincts are strong!

[@TamDaWam]

Thanks for the info. All of my babies had pacifiers their fine. With everything this day take the advice with a grain of salt you’re going to have people with a million different opinions and research that favor one side or the other! After my first kid my only advice to new moms was do your own research and trust your mom instincts on what you think is right for you and your baby.

[@mamanursetina]

Yes!!

[@JessicaFrameMusic]

My stepmom told us not to use a pacifier because of dental health (she’s a surgical assistant for an oral surgeon). But our baby’s pediatrician told us using a pacifier reduces the risk of SIDS. As an anxious mama who personally knows someone who lost a baby to SIDS at 4 months, I’d rather “risk” having to pay for braces than risk having to pay for a funeral and not see my baby grow up. Besides, he may already run the risk of needing braces because my teeth are jacked up and he’s got my genetics.

[@mamanursetina]

I’m so so sorry about the loss of your baby 🤍

[@chloebesonderes7571]

First took one for 6 months, forgot them when we went camping so was forced to wean. Second refused and didn’t have the suck to settle she was all about the quick business breast feeds then back to life so she wouldn’t miss out on anything haha. Then my premmie twins had dummy’s too but they got over them around 7 months and I was relieved because it’s a true hassle finding them around the house and going hunting for the ones under the bed! I think they really help some young babies (and parents) but I’ve never been keen on toddlers walking around with them in their mouths and from my friends that continued their use into toddlerhood it was a huge drama to get rid of them! I think it’s a lot easier to stop use around 6-8 months compared to 2

[@frnz1943]

My first baby is coming up on five months old. When he was born, he was eleven and a half pounds, and I had to do triple feeds in the hospital with him and for some time afterwards because we had to rush my milk supply coming in. (Poor little guy had much higher caloric needs right off the bat than my boobs were producing at first, and we were relying on donor milk for a while to supplement. Apparently, making an extra large kid is no guarantee of an immediate extra large milk supply. Who knew?) For a good while after he was born, my line of thought was that if he wanted to suck, it'd be better if it was on a boob. Now, even in the few occasions when I've desperately needed him to take a pacifier so I can get back to what I'm doing... no dice. It's the boob or nothing. On the one hand, I was never that enthusiastic about the idea of pacifiers and my child using one (plastics, etc.). On the other hand, it'd have been nice to have something as a backup...

[@Serenity_escapes]

I would also like to add, if the pacifier stops breast feeding you can still pump so baby has milk. Obviously direct contact is preferred but just as a suggestion

[@mandybeck4322]

My mouth breather kid is the one who hated a pacifier 😂

[@hannahm.9881]

5 kids...none of them wanted one. And I wasn't going to continue to try and force it. No thumb suckers either.

[@racheln4309]

If any claims like those are true, it likely has a lot to do with the duration and frequency of pacifier use. But most moms know that babies like to suck on moms pinky in a pinch, and I would bet that ancient babies sucked on all kinds of items to soothe.

[@call_me_Lup]

When I was a newborn, I only used a pacifier once. I loved sucking for milk, but I hated sucking on those plastic things.

[@jenleigh4212]

Not actually a medical doctor since chiropractors don’t attend medical school.

[@saschamayer4050]

Yeah, l wouldn't trust them on giving advice on anything. If it ducks like a quack...

[@mamanursetina]

I appreciate experts giving advice on their area of expertise but this ain’t it for me

[@kimtalbot4373]

The minute i learned he was a Chiropractor, I discounted 100% of what he said. 🙄

[@bfam7492]

PREACH

[@latorw]

I was all 5 of my babies pacifier for 18+ months and there were times I was so exhausted I would have loved to have them take a bottle or pacifier but alas they had other preferences.. no matter how hard I tried

[@mamanursetina]

I feel you. I had one that would never take either too! But 5 babies! You’re amazing ♥️

[@Tasha-k7t]

Hi! I’m currently 3 months pregnant with my second child & debating on whether to use a pacifier for them. I do love that it significantly reduces SIDS but, when would you say breastfeeding is well established? I believe that was the problem with my first I didn’t know much and pretty much gave her the pacifier shortly after she was born before we even left the hospital. She no longer wanted it by the time she was around 18 months but I believe that caused a lot of problems with being able to breastfeed her. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you so much 😊

[@mamanursetina]

I have a short on when to introduce a pacifier if you’re going that way. Usually a minimum of a month (per the AAFP) but also baby back to birth weight, your milk has transitioned, the latch is comfortable and easy to latch baby on and you feel confident

[@steppingintopurpose9563]

Which pacifiers would you recommend please?

[@staceygrant7217]

Anyone know the brand of the grey pacifier she's holding? I've never seen that shape. Seems perfect.

[@andrinabaldonado9302]

The Ninni pacifier onyx, I do believe

[@jonesfamilyfarms9325]

I had a binki until I was 4, and I had to get surgery to fix my airways in my 20s. At night I suck all the air out of my mouth, which caused my braces to cut my cheeks and I grind and crack my teeth 🙃

[@mamanursetina]

Oh no! Yes pacifier use over the age of 2 is definitely related to teeth malformations and the likes 😬

[@tryphenarose384]

That's too bad you were allowed to suck on a pacifier for that long. For my son, we quit the pacifier before the age of 1. My daughter was a little harder and is a loud crier, but we took it away sometime after 1 year and some months. Did it cold turkey, and she found other soothing mechanisms. Sorry you're dealing with these problems later in life.

[@jonesfamilyfarms9325]

@@tryphenarose384 it’s okay, my parents were really young and we all three figured out things together. I don’t have any resentment towards it

[@Hannah-ii6ku]

Are avent soothies good?

[@ccfulton22]

What was that second pacifier you had?

[@andrinabaldonado9302]

The Ninni pacifier onyx, I do believe

[@nobione_kenobi2114]

Does anyone have recommendations on breaking baby from the paci? My son is 16 mo and now only uses it at bedtime but I'd like to start transitioning on that

[@jessicaroseelizabethp.7911]

Does he bite through them and cause holes? What I had done woth my son was stop buying them, and so when they got holes, they went Goodbye

[@rochelleb973]

My children were not thumb suckers or paifier babies

[@mamanursetina]

I had a couple in column a, one thumb sucker and one that wanted no part of any of it! Haha

[@rochelleb973]

@@mamanursetina lol

[@jessicaroseelizabethp.7911]

​​My 1st was a pacifier baby, second is a thumb sucker so far!