Day 29-30

Because sucking on a pacifier requires learning different mouth and tongue motions than nursing on a real nipple, it’s advised that you wait until your infant has no problems latching on to the real deal before introducing a pacifier. If you don’t wait, there’s a chance your baby will fall victim to nipple confusion and reject anything but a pacifier.

Now that Connor has mastered how to latch onto a real nipple, we feel comfortable giving him the pacifier (aka binky) and it did not come a moment too soon. When Connor’s been well fed, changed into a fresh diaper, burped, carried til our back aches, and still crying his lungs out, the binky has really been a life saver. Silence can be so precious.