Customer Reviews

The First Years Soothie Newborn Pacifiers, Boy

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As first time parents, we were given the choice to use a pacifier in the hospital. After much debate b/c of breastfeeeding, we decided to let our son have it b/c our son was just very inconsolable while my milk came in. Nothing worked to soothe him not shooshing, not swaddling, not anything and not even the hospital nurses could soothe him. This was a godsend! It did not contribute to any breastfeeding problems and has been the best thing to calm our son. He is now 3 months old and only wants it when is very stressed so he is not dependent upon it all the time, did not have nipple confusion and had learned to self soothe for the most part now by sucking his fingers. It is really a great product and I recommend it to anyone wanting to use a pacifier for their baby. Our son refuses to use any other brand or type but the Soothie for the sucking action is calming to him like when he is feeding.

The reason that these pacifiers are advertised as being for children WITHOUT teeth has to do with the fact that they are made of soft plastic that can be chewed through and that babies with teeth (3 months and up) can possibly chew through them and maybe swallow the pieces. The company that manufactires them makes a sturdier rubber version that cannot be bitten through, called the Super Soothie. However, i tried buying them for my daughter and she HATED them and ONLY uses the Soothie (has never taken any other pacifier.) She LOVES them. She is 2 now so she is ready to gradually wean from the pacifier altogether. And yes she has chewed a hole in one or two of them but no harm done! But thats the reason why the company states that about the teeth. they Are NOT considered bad for your child's teeth and will be comparable in that way to any other pacifier out there.

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My newborn had jaundice within 24 hours of birth... so he was under UV lights in the hospital. He had to wear an eyemask (not to mention couldn't be held very often!), and was NOT happy about it. The hospital staff gave us one of these pacifiers to use.

While it seemed to soothe him (at least, he wasn't screaming anymore), I did notice a change in his latch. We had had no problems breastfeeding (he latched on 15 minutes after being born!), but after using this pacifier we had a meeting or two with the lactation consultant.

We switched to using one of the orthodontic pacifiers (the Born Free ones, specifically) and later, the MAM orthodontic type; while these impacted his latch less, there was still a difference. We aren't using pacifiers right now because of this (he's 2 weeks old). When we were using them, he could still breastfeed okay, but it was more uncomfortable and took longer to get him latched... and with a hungry baby, every second seems to count. :)

Moral of the story: wait until "breastfeeding is well-established" before giving this to your baby.

We actually got about 8 of these binkeys between shower gifts and what he was given in the NICU and we loved having all of them.

JUST like the ones they give you in the hospital (but they never give you more than one so if you lose it you're out of luck!) but in cute colors! Highly reccomended!

My son is 6 months old. He was/is a colic and reflux baby, and these pacifiers saved us from losing our minds (and gave baby a way to relieve tension from discomfort). I tried MAM pacifiers (we got them in the hospital) but the Soothie was his favorite. We have around 10 of them and I can't leave my house without them. If you're wondering of they'll work for you or if you're at your wit's end, try these!! We are soooooo happy we did!!

This pacifier may seem big and bulky to some, but it is the absolute best for baby's mouth and teeth and my son loves it. I plan on buying the teething pacifier soon as well.

We got a green one from the hospital and our baby loves it. We figure we should just stick with what we have instead of experimenting. We found a similar-looking one by Avent but they weren't the same. Thank goodness Amazon has these. They are exactly the same as the one we got from the hospital except the color but the engraving on the pacifier is all the same. The color for the blue ones is actually much lighter in person than in the picture -- more of a transparent grayish light blue; very pretty though.

I personally like how it's one piece so I don't have to worry about loose pieces coming off -- choking hazard. The pacifier is really soft. I know they make harder ones for teethers but these are the softer ones for newborns and non-teething babies. It's very easy to clean and long-lasting. We're actually still using the green one we got from the hospital but having spares make it easier if I have to clean them then I don't have to worry about not having a pacifier available if it's being sterilized. I sterilizes them in boiling water and they stand up to the heat very well.

These pacifiers does tend to get stuff like lint and hair stuck on them because of their sticky-ish surface. I don't use napkins or cloths with lots of fiber to wipe them otherwise they get fury. Most of the time I just run it through warm-hot water and maybe scrub it a little with my hands then let it air dry.

Bought these after hearing positive reviews. My baby son likes them. It's the first one we tried. Overall I'm happy.

When we were in the hospital, the nurse gave us a Nuk pacifier to calm our baby. He never got the hang of latching onto it so it kept falling out of his mouth or he'd just push it out with his tongue. We purchased the Sootheis just to try them and he loves them. It hasn't interfered with breastfeeding at all (my one concern about pacifiers in general). It's also really fun to look inside the little hole when he's sucking!