@kristadawn93, just follow your gut. The first few weeks are challenging but we survive! You will battle with yourself on your decisions as well but just stick to your convictions and you'll be golden

@sev1226, omg it's awful. I just want to be the mom I want to be. Every mom is different but doesn't mean they're doing a bad job. She doesn't get it and it's the worst..

@kristadawn93, omg it was the same with my mother in law! She was constantly making comments about him needing a binky.. She finally shut up about it but now she is on me about giving him a bottle. Ugh!

@sev1226, yeah I've already decided I'm not going to give her one until I get my milk in and see if anything changes. I'm currently putting her on my boob every time. And I don't mind but my bfs mom is just very stuck to her way of parenting and it's very frustrating because we are staying a week with her so I'm not alone while my bf works and I almost rather be alone. She doesn't think it's right to do what I'm doing since she did it different. Just getting frustrated

I have my son a pacifier early on as it helped to soothe him. Once he was like a month old I stopped and he never had a problem with it nor does he want one! I'm so glad because that is one of the hardest things to break a child from! You've got this!

If you were having trouble breast-feeding then I would definitely recommend not using a pacifier. Whenever she is fussy just put her on your boob. It will be painful and time-consuming but it will make your milk come in. It took mine about four days. I had to give my little man about an ounce of formula and I balled my eyes out but that was the one and only time so stay strong you can do it!

I'm breastfeeding as well. Having some complications because I'm going on my 4th day and still no milk which is getting hard because she's not getting full. I had to give her a bottle and it killed me but I feel like I'm starving her because she's never satisfied and I'm feeding all the time and trying to pump. Hopefully milk comes in soon. And I just have seen my friends and their babies and all the problems with pacifier, it's just not something I want for my child but she's constantly putting her hands in her mouth so I feel like that would be a harder habit to break since it's right there. 😕 @sev1226

My little guy is breastfed so I didn't want him to have a pacifier or bottle until he was at least a month. I tried a couple times to give him a pacifier but he has no interest. He is a thumb sucker but only when he is tired and I love it because he will soothe himself to go back to sleep (he's been sleeping through the night since 6 weeks old) but with pacifiers they fall out and babies cry for you to put them back in. The other reason why I didn't want to give a pacifier is because I hate seeing little kids who talk with them in their mouths. Drives me crazy lol

I feel you. I've tried giving my son a pacifier just to get him to stop sucking his fingers but he doesn't know what to do with it. He does it all the time so it's not like a every now and then thing. He knows he can suck his fingers any time and sometimes when he wakes up at night I can hear him doing it. My daughter on the other hand didn't do that and she hated that pacifier. She didn't need anything thank goodness lol.

I totally get that. it's hard cuz a binky you can slowly take away, can't do that with their hand however they can't lose their hand when they need to soothe themselves. I'm not quite sure how ima break them of it but for now it's not often they do it, only when they're really upset.

I just didn't want to give her one because it's another thing to take away but she's starting to suck on her hand and finger and I almost think giving her a binky would be easier than breaking a habit of her sucking her thumb & fingers. And she's a very fussy baby, it may help her calm down. It just sucks to change my plan. @katiek710 @twinmamma2015 @emc229

I didn't but now I have a thumb sucker lol. Actually not even his thumb, he sucks his two little fingers (index & middle) on his right hand. Idk why! It just soothes him but I'm trying to break him out of that habit. 😧

I actually offered my boys them but they hate them. we don't use them. they have however discovered their hands and suck on their thumbs once in a while to help soothe themselves but don't always suck on them.

I didn't give my baby one until he turned a month because by then I just needed a break from the crying but he really didn't like it to this day he'lol take it for a little and spit it out which I'm perfectly fine with