Please Help Me! My baby constantly whines for her pacifier. What to do?

 So Adalyn is wanting to eat every 2 hours and then she'll stay awake and be happy for maybe 30 minutes and then she whines and cries for her pacifier. She does this all night it seems, sometimes every 15 to 20 minutes, as soon as the pacifier falls out of her mouth she starts it up. What can I do? I have tried shushing her and rocking and patting her instead of putting her pacifier in, but I just give up especially when it's the middle of the night and she's screaming at the top of her lungs.

I HATE the pacifier! I thought it would be heaven sent and it's been the complete opposite.

I read about something called wubbanub recently, its meant to help hold the pacifier in babies mouths when theyre very young http://www.wubbanub.com/

it has a soft toy attached to the soother, and the soft toy kind of lies on babys chest or tum i think... holding the paci in place. Havnt tried one myself, but i do remember the frustration of getting up every ten mins to pop it back in baby's mouth!

 What type of pacifier is she using right now? I found with my boys that they were able to suck and keep in the Nuk & Playtex pacifiers the best, the other kind like the MAM and Avent ones they always sucked for a min or 2 and then spit out. 

Thanks ladies!! I just ordered a wubbanub so hopefully that will help! I am also going to try and get the Nuk and playtex pacifiers tonight Neeshia!

My friend with twins used the wubbanub and swears by them.  Also, I found that nuks were the easiest for baby to keep in their mouth.

I say take her off it. Babies have survived in the past before they were invented, and lots of babioes today don't take them. I think if it seems like she likes it TOO much, to the point of stressing out over it falling out, then it's not a habit worth continuing. Good luck though, I know it's tough dealing with them at 2 am, but remember it's only temporary that she's getting up in the middle of the night.

I trained my babies to keep it in their mouth by gently tugging on it when they were actively sucking it.  It makes babies increase their suction to keep it in their mouth, (and maybe develop the mouth muscles more?  IDK!), but then they all were able to keep it in their mouth...no screaming!

Rein&Sonshines:

I say take her off it. Babies have survived in the past before they were invented, and lots of babioes today don't take them. I think if it seems like she likes it TOO much, to the point of stressing out over it falling out, then it's not a habit worth continuing. Good luck though, I know it's tough dealing with them at 2 am, but remember it's only temporary that she's getting up in the middle of the night.

 

 

I agree. It may be a rough day or two but that seems to be the case anyway. Pacifiers are not used across the board here-in fact if you breastfeed it is actively discouraged. I have an open mind about them but two of my children have not used one and the other was very prem and needed one early on to help develop the sucking reflex. I am sure without her pacifier she will develop other self soothing techniques and you get a much needed rest.

Do you breast feed? Sounds to me like she isn getting enough hind milk, if you are breast feeding she should mostly only have one boob each feed to make sure she gets down to the thick stuff that will keep her satisfied. I breast fed and used a dummy, i hated them too but as a single mum with a crying daughter that was quiet with a dummy, i wasnt going to say no, we stopped it at 18months by chopping the ends off, but if i were you i would stop them now and just make sure you only feed her every 4 hours then she will get a proper feed each time x

As pp pointed out and seeing your other post I think she is still hungry also and the dummy is just helping untill she remembers she is hungry again. I had one of these babies myself , Feeding every two hours screaming lil lungs out as soon as he wasn't sucking on something it was so hard and he finally settled down when he was about 6 weeks old. I fed on demand aswell, I don't think having her wait if she is hungry is a good idea she may be thirsty and the more she sucks ya lady lumps the more milk you will make .GOODLUCK

ohh and I looooved nipple sheilds they helped sooo much.

hth

 

 I would be encoraging longer feeds make sure that she doesnt feed before 3 hrly during the day and see if that stretches out ar night.  I have just spoken to our local sleep center about my little fella and she said to space my feeds to stop buby from snack feeding. it is hard to push the feeds apart, sometimes he falls asleep and i have to wake him up to keep feeding  but it has been well worth it   I think that if you little one is that reliant on a dummy now you are better of taking it off her so that you dont make a rod for your own back later, if you want to keep using it make sure  that she only has it for a small portion of the day so that she isnt reliant on it.  

 

Good luck

Since you're feeding her expressed milk in a bottle and know how much she is getting you could offer her a little more each feed.  If she's still hungry she'll suck it down. 

Some babies need to suck even when they aren't hungry.  But she'll let you know if you offer her a little more. Good luck hon.  It's so hard to figure these things out sometimes.

I wonder if you are pumping too short of a time and not getting the good fatty hindmilk?  It keeps her full longer.  Just a thought.  Have you tried swaddling her?  She could just be going through a growth spurt or need to get her days and nights straight.  Sending you hugs...I know how hard it is to not know what your baby wants.  Just remember this will all be in the past soon and you will miss the nights where you could cuddle all night and just stare at her

loopylou:

Do you breast feed? Sounds to me like she isn getting enough hind milk, if you are breast feeding she should mostly only have one boob each feed to make sure she gets down to the thick stuff that will keep her satisfied. I breast fed and used a dummy, i hated them too but as a single mum with a crying daughter that was quiet with a dummy, i wasnt going to say no, we stopped it at 18months by chopping the ends off, but if i were you i would stop them now and just make sure you only feed her every 4 hours then she will get a proper feed each time x

This is not the case for most people I know.  I've always bf by babies cue and both boys nursed from both sides per session...I bf them both well past the first year without any troubles.  She should be able to tell by the bowel movements if the baby is getting enough hindmilk.  Babies have a strong desire to suck and I know plenty of moms (who introduced) that dealt with this issue.

ETA- I agree with the pp about not trying to schedule feedings and go by her cue.  BM is easily digested and most bf babies at this stage eat every 2 hrs.  Perfectly normal and does not last forever.  Feeding a newborn every 4hours (a bf one) is not a good idea!

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