Dummy or Soother?

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03/12/2006, 12:15 PM
sligoman

Dummy or Soother?

Pointless poll but anyway...carrying on from here. What do you call a baby's dummy/pacifier/dodo/soother?:D
03/12/2006, 1:35 PM
osarusan

This is a poor man's Rice Krispie cake/bun debate.
03/12/2006, 2:07 PM
strangeirish

The way I see it..
Dummy-Dublin
Soother-Country folk
Dodo-Wesht
Pacifier-D4
:D
03/12/2006, 2:13 PM
GavinZac

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Originally Posted by strangeirish

The way I see it..
Dummy-Dublin

quite appropriate actually
03/12/2006, 2:24 PM
micls

Quote:

Originally Posted by strangeirish

The way I see it..
Dummy-Dublin
Soother-Country folk
Dodo-Wesht
Pacifier-D4
:D

Nah everyone i know in Cork says dummy
03/12/2006, 2:25 PM
sligoman

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Originally Posted by micls

Nah everyone i know in Cork says dummy

You go around asking them do you?:D.
03/12/2006, 2:29 PM
micls

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Originally Posted by sligoman

You go around asking them do you?:D.

Yes :cool:
03/12/2006, 3:35 PM
GavinZac

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Originally Posted by sligoman

You go around asking them do you?:D.

she's a teacher, i'd say she hears it enough!
03/12/2006, 8:11 PM
Maz

We call it dummy here
03/12/2006, 9:21 PM
dahamsta

Thumb!
03/12/2006, 10:00 PM
pete

I would call it a Dummy but Soother or Pacifier (americanism) is more grown up term. What the hell is a Dodo??? Never heard that! :eek:
03/12/2006, 11:54 PM
onenilgameover

isn't it a dody???
04/12/2006, 8:42 AM
Magicme

Dummy is what I always called it.
04/12/2006, 9:25 AM
noby

A curse, that's what I call them. Never used one so far, and it would be a real last resort to give in and buy one.
04/12/2006, 10:05 AM
Magicme

I think there is no harm in them, better than letting a child suck their thumb or finger coz u can throw away the dummy but not their digits! It is natural for babies to suck so it helps calm them. I hate to see kids over the age of 1 with one tho, I think by 1 yr old they should be drinking out of a cup, eating proper food and able to calm themselves without resorting to sucking.

My eldest had a dummy but my youngest had no interest in it so every kid is different. I suck my thumb still when am stressed coz I didnt have a dummy and resort to the old habit at 33 yrs of age when worried.
04/12/2006, 10:20 AM
Macy

It's a dummy, it's rice krispie cake and it's barm not muffin.
04/12/2006, 10:22 AM
Magicme

Bun and muffin...
04/12/2006, 10:37 AM
noby

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Originally Posted by Magicme

I think there is no harm in them, better than letting a child suck their thumb or finger coz u can throw away the dummy but not their digits! It is natural for babies to suck so it helps calm them. I hate to see kids over the age of 1 with one tho, I think by 1 yr old they should be drinking out of a cup, eating proper food and able to calm themselves without resorting to sucking.

My eldest had a dummy but my youngest had no interest in it so every kid is different. I suck my thumb still when am stressed coz I didnt have a dummy and resort to the old habit at 33 yrs of age when worried.

How exactly is sticking a dummy (or whatever it's called) in a baby's mouth better than a digit?
I agree with you on the issue of 1y/o with dummys, but if you shove one in a new born baby's mouth, they're never going to know any different.

None of my kids had any interest in one, because they never got one. It's not because they're any different, just that their parents didn't give them one. Slight difference there.
04/12/2006, 10:46 AM
Magicme

But would u let them suck their thumb/fingers?
04/12/2006, 10:55 AM
osarusan

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Originally Posted by noby

How exactly is sticking a dummy (or whatever it's called) in a baby's mouth better than a digit?
I agree with you on the issue of 1y/o with dummys, but if you shove one in a new born baby's mouth, they're never going to know any different.

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I think the idea is that with a pacifier the parent can remove the pacifier at any time and control the amount of time the child can use the pacifier, and the age when they must survive without a pacifier.

Obviously not possible with a digit.
04/12/2006, 11:21 AM
noby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magicme

But would u let them suck their thumb/fingers?

When a baby, yes.
04/12/2006, 11:27 AM
noby

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Originally Posted by osarusan

I think the idea is that with a pacifier the parent can remove the pacifier at any time and control the amount of time the child can use the pacifier, and the age when they must survive without a pacifier.

Obviously not possible with a digit.

Osarusan, I have witnessed first-hand, on numerous occasions, young babies having a bottle removed from their mouth, and a dummy shoved in in it's place. These babies don't get the chance to learn to pacify themselves, and I guess this is one of the biggest reasons for my dislike of them.
04/12/2006, 12:02 PM
Magicme

Well just coz some parents havent the cop on/too lazy to try and amuse their child or settle them without just shoving a dummy in their mouth doesnt mean that they shouldn't be used. Sometimes a baby is grizzly for reasons such as teething, colic, feeling unwell and the sucking motion helps them to settle down. I have to say that I was glad of the dummy on occasion but it was by no means a substitute for a cuddle or playing with my kid to settle them first!

Both my kids were off bottles (and older one off dummy) within a week or so of their 1st birthdays so that they wouldnt get a habit that they would find hard to kick later in life. Parenting is hard work and worth it but doesnt mean u shouldnt use tools available to help if you find they do!
04/12/2006, 12:12 PM
noby

Magicme, I agree with everything you're saying.
As I said in my first post, I have never used one, and it would be a last resort, but I would never say never. We we're lucky, I guess, to avoid colic etc.
Also, as I have also said, my dislike of them comes from seeing them over-used by 'lazy' parents.
I don't mean to have a go at anyone, yourself included, that has used them, but I have seen them misused so often it bugs me.
04/12/2006, 12:37 PM
pineapple stu

Soother.

On a side note, how about a cross-correlation and geographic analysis of how everyone voted in the three great polls so far? :p
04/12/2006, 12:40 PM
pete

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

On a side note, how about a cross-correlation and geographic analysis of how everyone voted in the three great polls so far? :p

Ye accountants & your numbers. I think racial profiling is illegal :D
04/12/2006, 1:08 PM
Magicme

Fair enough Noby coz it distresses me seeing kids who are 2 & up with bottles, blankies and dummies....screams insecurity and if a child is insecure that usually stems from parents not paying enough love and attention!

So we actually agree Noby!
04/12/2006, 1:15 PM
noby

It appears we do.
04/12/2006, 2:12 PM
osarusan

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Originally Posted by Magicme

So we actually agree Noby!

Quote:

Originally Posted by noby

It appears we do.

Everybody agrees.

Pacifier it is.:D
04/12/2006, 7:20 PM
SligoBrewer

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Originally Posted by Macy

It's a dummy, it's rice krispie cake and it's barm not muffin.

there's always the one:rolleyes:
04/12/2006, 9:34 PM
Paddyfield

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Originally Posted by strangeirish

The way I see it..
Dummy-Dublin
Soother-Country folk
Dodo-Wesht
Pacifier-D4
:D

Spot on strangerirish. I'm over here on the "wesht" coast (I can see the Atlantic ocean from where I am sitting!) and my one year old daughter woke up an hour ago...my missus told me to give her the Dodo.

I would've never noticed what we called it before now.

Does this mean Galway United will get promoted? :D
04/12/2006, 10:33 PM
strangeirish

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Originally Posted by Paddyfield

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Does this mean Galway United will get promoted? :D

It's looking good!:)
06/12/2006, 10:10 AM
stann

Dummy down here too.
Have heard Dodo on occasion. Soother never.
Pacifier is American, isn't it?

So Stu:
Waterford: dummy, bun, and definitely not barm. :D