My son would not even try and use a pacifier untill he was 3 months old but used my pinky finger as a sucking thing. They have some pacifiers that are shaped like nipples and that's what I used at first. They are gerber ones.

My son did not have any troubles. We allowed him to pick the one he liked best, (as a 2 day old baby it was a toss up, we tried about 5 or 6 brands and he chose to use the nuk ones)

he will not use one at all now, only his thumb. I did everything I could to keep him from wanting his thumb, I used the onsies with the fold over hand things and even used socks to cover his hands all to no avail. He wants his thumb.

In my opinion it is best to keep his mind straight about the difference in bottle nipples and real ones. We use only the playtex nurser nipples and I watched exactly how he was supposed to be on his moms nipple and I made him do exactly the same thing to get the bottle in his mouth. I would not allow him to eat from his bottle unless his mouth was exactly like it was supposed to be to nurse from mom.

It seemed to help.

I've read that it can, and that if you do plan on using a pacifier and breastfeeding to wait until the baby is atleast 3-4 months otheriwise it can cause confusion. I am not sure where I read it but it was just recently. I will try and find the article for you.

Yes, I believe you are supposed to wait a while before introducing the pacifer. It may interfere with breastfeeding. I wouldn't take the chance.

i'll get those then to help cut down on any confusion


anyhoo it seems like the majority of post say not to go with a bippy until baby is 3-4 months. I hope I can last that long. :lol: