My latest theory is that Lucy is an easily over-stimulated baby. (Not surprising, considering how her parents react to over-stimulation?) I think every baby book I read discusses over-stimulation (which is helpful) and they recommend a pacifiers for an over-stimulated baby (also helpful) but “not until breast-feeding is well-established” (less helpful for the present moment). So, what is a mommy to do? And how do we feel about pacifiers?<\/p>\n
Here is a list of pros and cons from what I’ve read:<\/p>\n
Pros
\n* young babies need to suck, and pacifiers give them a way to do that
\n* pacifiers help them to settle down to sleep if they are over-stimulated
\n* if you wean babies off of pacifiers by three months, they won’t get addicted<\/p>\n
Cons
\n* will the baby get addicted? “_Happiest Baby_”:\/news\/2006\/happiest-baby-on-the-block\/ recommends starting to wean them off of pacifiers at _one_ month
\n* risk of nipple-confusion if introduced too early
\n* what can help the over-stimulated baby until “breastfeeding is well-established” and they can take a pacifier? and when exactly is that?<\/p>\n
These are my questions. Not terribly deep, but there it is. I feel like sort of a boring person today.<\/p>\n
A pleasant anecdote: this afternoon, we tried the mid-feeding diaper change (recommended by several of you in comments here at BNN) and then I simply put Lucy down after her being awake nursing, changing, and burping for one hour. That has seemed to work for two naps! Jon also cleaned off our venetian blinds (which we rarely use in our bedroom) and put them down so the room is darker for Lucy to sleep in during the day. Who knows if this will keep “working” or not? But at least she has been peaceful for two naps today, and we have been peaceful too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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