Moms: The Human Pacifier

Breastfeeding is a labor of love. It’s truly one of the most difficult parts of motherhood. I’m almost 6 years in and those early breastfeeding months have truly been the most challenging. It’s exhausting being the sole nutritional provider for your baby. It’s a gift to feed our babies, but it can get exhausting when they just start using your breasts as a human pacifier. 

Using a pacifier can be controversial among the breastfeeding community. Some say that a newborn pacifier will cause nipple confusion making breastfeeding more difficult. 

Nonnutritive sucking is innate for newborns and when they suckle at the breast it helps the mother’s breast milk supply. If they are using a pacifier instead of suckling at the breast it might affect the mother’s supply and it can hide hunger cues.

However, don’t let this information deter you from immediately introducing a pacifier! Pacifiers have a surplus of advantages including giving mom a break!  In my personal experience, our son learned how to breastfeed better because using a pacifier helped him to practice the sucking motion needed for feeding.

I’m done being a human pacifier!!!

If you’re at your wits end with breastfeeding, please know you are not alone. This is one of the most challenging parts of motherhood! An infant pacifier is going to make your life so much easier and improve your relationship with breastfeeding! It will allow your breasts to take a break and your baby to learn how to self-soothe. I believe you can never hold your baby too much, but sometimes it just isn’t possible to be comforting your baby at all times. Dinner has to be made and showers have to be taken!

Even using an infant pacifier can make the above tasks impossible if you don’t have a pacifier accessory. Many people use pacifier clips, but I believe the Ingy Bingy Band is the safest and most cost-effective pacifier accessory on the market!

This pacifier wristband velcros around baby’s wrist to help them locate, reinsert their paci and self-soothe from as early as 4 months! Whether you want to call it a pacifier wristband or pacifier bracelet, it will save you time and frustration because you won’t be constantly looking for it when the infant pacifier keeps falling out! If it’s attached to their wrist, you won’t have to worry about searching all around your house for those pacifiers! Save your breasts and your sanity with an Ingy Bingy Band!

Are some pacifiers better for breastfed babies?

The truth is, babies are going to like what they like. Each child is different so you will want to try out a few different kinds. That being said, the experts recommend a cylindrical shaped pacifier. This shape allows for your baby’s tongue to wrap around it the same way it wraps around a nipple. Here are our top recommendations for breastfed babies:

•       Phillips Avent Soothie: My kids love these the most and so does my wallet! These are very inexpensive and easily accessible at a variety of locations and online!
•       Tommee Tippee Breast-like Pacifier: These are affordable and made to move just like a mother’s nipple!
•       Ryan and Rose Cutie Pat Round: These are 100% medical grade and incredibly soft! However, pacifiers need to be replaced frequently and they are on the more expensive side!

 

 

The Ingy Bingy Band is not your everyday pacifier clip! This game-changing pacifier wristband helps babies self-soothe at a younger age than ever before! Instinctively, babies gnaw on their hands in an attempt to soothe. The Ingy Bingy pacifier wristband keeps their pacifier right where they’ll find it, allowing your baby to comfort and calm themselves while you do whatever it is you need to do!

Our buttery soft wristband comes in two styles to accommodate every pacifier.

Our Pacific style should be used when your baby’s pacifier holes are near their nose and chin when in use. It is most commonly used with Avent, BIBS, Dr. Brown’s, MAM, Nuby, NUK, Medela, FRIGG, Nanobébé, Tommee Tippee, and Chicco pacifiers. 

Our Sequoia style should be used when your baby’s pacifier holes are near their nose and chin when in use. It is most commonly used with Itzy Ritzy, Ryan & Rose, and The Dearest Grey pacifiers.  

If you are still unsure which pacifier wristband style is right for you, check out our style guide or text the name and/or picture of your preferred paci & we’ll let you know which style is right for you!