I had a really hard time nursing Kate. She wasn’t a fan and it was a lot of work and quite painful. Abby was much better and not wanting to mess up how good she was I didn’t want to give her a pacifier right away. They say to wait awhile but my goal was only 2 weeks. I couldn’t wait for that day because Abby is always trying to suck on her fingers and just really seemed like she needed a pacifier. Plus, I couldn’t wait for an instant way to calm her down. Two weeks came and I excitedly gave her the pacifier. It didn’t work! She barely liked the thing and would spit it out and it definitely didn’t stop her from crying. Kate has a pacifier in her bed for when she sleeps so I wanted Abby to have a different kind to not confuse Kate. I bought 3-4 different kinds of pacifiers for Abby. She didn’t like any of them. Jason sanitized one of Kate's and gave it to her and of course she liked it! So now I have a pacifier that’s the same as Kate's and the thing still doesn’t do the wonders I was hoping for. At least she’s still a semi awesome nurser!
~ I have high hopes that she’ll still take to the pacifier. I mean the poor thing can’t figure out how to suck her fingers and it’s just so sad to watch her try and try…
Emily, I've never heard to wait to give them a paci. Great advice. I'll remember that in a few months. I need to add you to my blog.
ReplyDeleteHey Meghan! I have to add you too! I was able to nurse Kate until she was 1 but the first few months were sooo hard! Looking back I would have done some things differently. Hopefully you're one of the lucky ones whos babies are just naturally good nursers, I wasn't so lucky :) If you want any details I can definitely share!
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