okay thank u

try dollar general or big lots they have a real small one by the nuby company it kinda looks like a paci but it has ridges on it

he hates it always having never took to it but twice since birth

It could be a comfort thing too. Maybe try a pacifier?

I was thinking that bit being a first timer I was just nervous & he does it more when he's fighting his sleep

I think baby's like to gag themselves lol its a sensation that is new to them my daughter eventually grew out of it... she used to do it all the time.