2 weeks into being a human pacifier I decided a little artificial pacifier time couldn't hurt. After all, she was starting to suck on her wrist anyway and she had just found her thumb and I REALLY don't want a thumb sucker. You can take a pacifier away, you can't remove a thumb. So I pop out one of the pacifiers I purchased before she was born (I bought a few packs so I wouldn't loose them), pop it in her mouth and she starts choking and gagging. This breaks my spirit and I decide it's too early and go back to letting her suck on me for comfort.
I then head to babiesrus with my trusty gift cards and look for a different shaped nipple (I had an orthopedic one). She hates that one too. Another week of trying a few more times and I break down, head back to babiesrus armed with the remainder of the giftcards, and buy 4 more kinds of pacifiers. None of which have been successful. I try larger ones (again back at babiesrus) with no luck. Fancy one, cheap ones... I even drive down to Vacaville to get one beause non of the stores around here have it in stock.
All in all I have a fancy (read: over priced) rubber pacifier from Europe; every kind of Nuby Softflex (even a few different sizes); I have Mam's, Playtex, Soothies (the hospitals use it but apparently it's still not good enough for Evelyn), Nuk, and Sauvinex. I have orthopedic nipples, round nipples, flat nipples. Pacifiers made from silicone, caoutchouc (rubber), and latex...Still she refuses to take it... I'm getting desperate, and in the mean time I have invested a small fortune in a plastic collection for my junk drawer.
Stupid book now what am I supposed to do? I have a baby who's not nipple confused, but can't pacify herself!
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