What should I use?

[Christy]

REALLY?? WOW, you must be a LOT older then I thought you were...

My oldest is 14 and that was the advice, always on the tummy because on their backs if they spit up they could choke on it. :shrug:

Quite frankly, I don't think it matters either way.

 

[Wenchy]

My youngest is 9, and the advice was to place him on his back. I couldn't do it (he was a choker/spitter from the get go) He slept strapped in his carseat right next to my bedside for the first 6 months. Sitting up was safe in my mind. After that, I used the "wedge" to keep him on his side.

Tracey? Neither one of mine would ever take a pacifier. I ended up with one attached to my teat 24/7, and the other was a thumb sucker. Good luck!

 

[jwwb2000]

I am not sure the type of pacifier you are using but with Odie we used a Nuk, not the pointy one either. She was able to keep it in her mouth a lot better.

And she always slept on her tummy. That is the only way that child would go to sleep.

 

[watercolor]

Ireland adores her binkie! The way I keep it in, when she has it in I prop her hand on the front of it- and she actually pushes it against her face- and holds it there.

 

[itsbob]

I am not sure the type of pacifier you are using but with Odie we used a Nuk, not the pointy one either. She was able to keep it in her mouth a lot better.

And she always slept on her tummy. That is the only way that child would go to sleep.

My oldest used a Binky.. same shape as the Nuk.. (although I've NEVER seen a womans nipple shaped like THAT).. and she wouldn't go anywhere without it for the first two years, but she would only take it upside down.. when she was about 5 or 6 months, (maybe younger) I'd put it in her mouth, and she'd flip it over so it was upside down, without using her hands.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

See, when my kids were babies they said NEVER lay them on their backs always on their tummies. :shrug: I pretty much did the side laying, with a baby blanket rolled up behind them for support.

I always laid K on her tummy, and my mom laid all her kids on their tummies. I never listened to the medical community because they can't make up their mind. :shrug:

 

[sockgirl77]

My son has always slept on his back. At 21 months, he still does most of the time. He only got his binky (Nuk) when he was going to sleep. By 9 months he only wanted it at night. By 12 months he was done with it. That was perfect. I wanted him to lose it by time he was walking.

I saw a child about 3-4 years of age in Target the other day with a binky in her mouth. Am I the only one who thinks that there is something wrong with this?

 

[mamissa3]

Try it....my grandmother just told me this the other day for my daughter. I can rember my mother doing this to. babys always sleep better on their belly's to. Mine is 8 1/2 weeks and she does better on belly than on back. sometimes on side is ok. I am the oldest of 6, we all slept on our belly and we are still here. lol