pacifiers

Is there an appropriate age to start giving pacifiers? My LOs are 3 weeks old and my husb keeps insisting on giving them when they cry. And they do cry a lot esp at night. My girl is colicky and tends to want to suck all the time. My boy doesnt but he cries and wants to be carried all the time at night.

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Pacifiers are safe for newborns. If they will take pacifiers, you can give it to them. My baby doesn’t like pacifiers but I was too overwhelmed to train her to take. I will just latch her when she cries at night but it’s tiring for me.

5y ago

Suckling is way of self comfort but breastfed babies will seldom over feed. Perhaps try to burp her before and after you feed and see if it improves.