Baby Bottles and Pacifiers

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Just Curious...As all (and it's Christmas Break *woot woot*)

Myself:
Very rarely.

My son:
Doesn't use them either.


Not sure if you meant as ourselves or as parents for our kids.

Uh, no. Last time I used a baby's bottle was when I was 2, and the last time I used a dummy was when I was 3 and a half. Never looked back since.

I used pacifiers until I was 3-ish. I was addicted.
Baby bottles, not sure. Until 1 or 1.5, probably.
Then I moved on to "sippie cups."

Darth....you first.

I don't use either.

However, my 10-year-old AS son has a bottle (with a sippy lid) as his comfort object. He has not had anything in it since he was about 2, and he never even puts it into his mouth, but he has trouble sleeping without it. He CAN sleep without it if he goes to a friend's house, since he does know that even his friend with AS will tease him about it, but at home, he really wants it.

Usually when he is trying to fall asleep, he will hold his bottle up to his face and suck his thumb. Even without the bottle, he still sucks his thumb when he is trying to go to sleep. Even a palate expander and braces have not helped break the thumb habit.

The good things about this as a security object are 1) it is washable 2) we have more than one, and there is no preference between them and 3) if I had to, I could go to the store and easily get a new one.

Oh...and 4) It is reasonably small. My 7-year-old's comfort object is a big, square, floor pillow. And, he WON'T sleep without it.

Nope. I didn't ever have a dummy as a baby and I have never wanted one now. I could do with a sippy cup but that is more to do with the fact that I have tics in both arms which fling cups all over the place. I have ruined a keyboard with it...

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I don't ever remember having a pacifier but then maybe my parents took it away so it would be easier to get me to ditch it. Touch and smell were the sences I used to self sooth. I perfered my own smell to anything else. I hated to have my pillow washed or someone else use it because it would wash away or cover up my smell. I remember having a sippy cup, but don't really remember getting upset over it. I can't remember ever drinking out of a bottle.

my daughter had a pacifier when she was a baby (maybe until age 3 or so). one time i tried it to see what it was like and i could instantly see the appeal. it felt satisfying, in a way.

No, from what family members report, pacifiers made me cry as a baby already. I acted as if I hated them.