Waiting for a child is a happy time for future parents, a time for great plans and hopes. Preparing for the birth of a baby, someone buys half the store and not one, but someone superstitiously only writes lists of everything that will need a crumb in the early days of his life. But absolutely in front of every future mother the question arises: whether to buy a pacifier for a newborn? There is no unequivocal answer, all children are individual, and only the born little man decides whether she needs him or not.
A dummy is the first necessity?
Whether to give a pacifier to a newborn, each mother must decide for herself. First of all, this infant accessory serves to satisfy the sucking reflex in the baby. If the mother is breastfeeding on demand, and the baby eats well, then most likely the baby himself will give up the nipple. The same children, whose feeding takes place on time, gladly suck a pacifier, as their reflex is not fully satisfied. The same situation with twins - they just do not have enough mother's attention for two.
How to choose a pacifier for a newborn will not be answered by any specialist, only some recommendations can give. Your baby will choose the favorite kind of nipple and no advice from the greatest experts in this area is not her credibility.
There are 2 types of pacifiers: silicone and latex, the first are more durable, and the latter are softer. The forms of the nipples are quite diverse: they are round, and drop-shaped, and orthopedic. Many manufacturers of pacifiers, advertising their products, claim about the miraculous properties of their goods (fix bites, imitate women's breasts), but remember, your baby does not care about the price or the extra set of nipple functions, he will choose his favorite, even the simplest and most cheap. The only thing worth paying attention to is the presence of holes on the rim of the nipples, so that the dummy does not stick to the skin of the baby. Also, an excellent extra option is the glow of the nipple in the dark, so it is easier to find it at night in the baby's crib.
Do I need a dummy for a newborn, I repeat, each mother must decide on her own. Naturally, if you have problems with breastfeeding, then without a nipple it will be difficult to manage. After all, if a child cries, and motion sickness does not give any result, then the dummy will be your lifebuoy. If the mother has the opportunity to give the breast, then a better way to calm the crumb is not found, since the child, when using the nipple often, will forget how to properly grasp the nipple of the mother, the milk will flow badly, and the mother and baby will get unpleasant consequences - refusal to breastfeed. That is why the question is much more often asked: how to wean, and not how to teach a newborn to a pacifier. The nipple, of course, is not the direct cause of the child's rejection of the breast, but an additional factor is for sure.
Tips for using dummies
If we talk about which pacifiers are better for newborns, definitely - clean! Thoroughly rinse the pacifier before use, and if possible, then boil, and in no case take your baby's dummy in your mouth - it's a storehouse of all sorts of bacteria. It is undesirable to weigh a pacifier on the neck of a child, a string or tape can accidentally suffocate a crumb, better get a special chain that is fastened to clothing. I think that every mother understands the whole need for such security measures. Nipples, dummies for newborns are better to finish using gradually after the performance of the baby one year, as in the future they can provoke the curvature of teeth and the formation of an incorrect bite.
Remember that the best dummy for newborns does not exist, and the surest way to calm a child is the attention, warmth and care of his mother. Sometimes it's enough just to pay more attention to the baby, give more love, and use the nipple only as a last resort.