Hannah never once had a pacifier in her mouth. She never needed or wanted one and she never stuck her thumb or fingers in her mouth either. I was very lucky that I didn't have to worry about taking a pacifier away from her or breaking her of thumb sucking.
Quite honestly, I am not a fan of the pacifier. I'm not sure why but I just don't like them.
But Colson has shown signs of wanting/needing to suck on something to soothe himself. So in order to avoid him finiding his fingers and thumb which you cannot take away as easily as a pacifier, I decided to get him one. I don't believe in having a pacifier in your childs mouth all the time so I only resort to the pacifier as a last resort. If I know he's not hungry, that he has a clean diaper and consoling him is not working, I will give him a pacifier. He gets so content when I put it in his mouth that I kind of feel bad for hating the pacifier so much. :o/
I have no idea what the best pacifier out there is. I also know that not every child will like the same pacifier. I had a cheepy pacifier that I had gotten at my baby shower for Hannah and he seemed to be okay with that one but it was pink and I could tell it wasn't the best. So, I went out and got these:
They're the First Years GumDrop Pacifiers. I have yet to give Colson one, so I have no idea if he'll like it. Hopefully he does.
I was also throwing around getting Colson a WubbaNub. I think they are too cute and I have heard really good things about them. Maybe the Easter bunny will leave him one in his Easter basket! :o)
So we'll see how this whole pacifier thing goes. Hopefully its just a temporary thing and its not something he gets really attached to.
