General Chat

both boys had dummies, daughter didn't. She really teases them about it! None of them sucked thumbs. Oldest son at 2 and half "gave" his to youngest in hospital when he was born (only into the crib & not directly to the baby I hasten to add!) & the youngest gave his to Father Christmas at abou the same age.

I guess there will always be for and against, like breastfeeding or articially fed. Sylvia xxx

Rightly or wrongly I gave my daughter a dummie. When she was a baby she started sucking her thumb so I gave her a dummie to stop her as getting rid of a dummie is far easier than stopping thumb sucking. Childrens thumbs can end up with just as many germs, more than a dummie even. My daughter is now 3 and no longer needs her dummie but I know some older children who were or are still thumb suckers and they have terribly deformed thumbs. I sure dummies are something people will always have different views on. Dawn

Yes, revolting things aren't they. My children sucked their thumbs too but soon grew out of it. Sylvia xxx

I must admit I don't like them, however, daughter used to suck an empty small juice bottle when she went to bed which i suppose is almost as bad - she didn't have it during the day unless in bed though, and son sucked his thumb, i sucked my thumb and two youngest grandchildren sucked theirs. What i hate is when thebaby drops the dummy and Mum picks it up and puts it in her mouth to 'clean' it. On holiday there was a child in the same complex about 2-3 years old who I never saw without her dummy, even in the pool!! I couldn't tell you wha she looked like because all you could see was this large red plastic thing. Ann Glos

Do you dislike babies sucking dummies as much as I do? Even worse is to see a toddler sucking a dummy. None of my children needed a dummy. I cannot understand the need for one. Is the child/baby frustrated or the parent? Sylvia xxx