Figured this is the thread to ask. The doctor is telling us to wait three weeks before giving our son a pacifier to reduce any sort of nipple confusion. We’ve used a bottle only a handful of times, and those were only for family members who wanted to feed him.
The wife and I feel like he might be ready for it. He has no problems latching on to the nipple for feeding. The problem is the last two or three days, my wife has noticed he’ll cry for the breast just for comfort and not for hunger. He’ll cry when he’s been feed, cleaned, and burped. But will instantly go quiet when my wife gives him the boob.
At this point, we feel the three week wait is no longer necessary. But at the same time, we don’t want to go against the doctors advice.