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Dummies

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majorcagirl Wed 07-Mar-18 18:49:07

My daughter was a fractious baby and never seemed to need sleep!. At night she had what was then called a "dinkie" It basically was a small container into which I put rose hip syrup in and it had a teat. This always comforted her, but the rule was never out doors and not when she was in her pram. My question is, and I'm not being patronising. Why do modern mums have beautiful babies asleep in their prams with a ginormous dummy in their mouth?Why don't they remove it once the baby is asleep?Also why do they have photos taken with a child not necessarily a baby with the dummy firmly in place?
I'm sure there are good reasons, I'm just curious.

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humptydumpty Tue 13-Mar-18 14:05:59

Isn't the relevant thing in relation to the OP really that babies shouldn't go to sleep sucking on a bottle full of sugary liquid?

Surely waking time it's a matter of what suits the baby?

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OldMeg Tue 13-Mar-18 16:44:22

I think that’s a given humpty

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gulligranny Thu 15-Mar-18 10:23:13

My grandson used a dummy until he was almost four. His parents were told that this use was weakening muscles in his mouth and that he'd have future speech problems but because he threw such tantrums when they tried to take the dummy away, they gave in and let him keep it. He himself declared that on his fourth birthday he would give it up for good - and he did! He does have a slight lisp still, but it is rather endearing ....

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DeeWBW Sat 17-Mar-18 17:39:52

In or out - what difference does it make? I alweys call the dummy the world's best invention, with sliced bread coming second.

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whitewave Sat 17-Mar-18 18:05:12

Question

Is the child loved?
Are you doing the best you can for your child?
Nothing else matters.

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