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Submitted by Char |
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"DOES ANYONE GIVE THEIR BABY HONEY ON THE DUMMY?
My mum gave all of us honey, my son had very bad colic when he was born to about 3 months, and the only was I could calm him down sometime was by giving him honey. It works, but I have heard that it can be bad for them? He has 2 healthy teeth now, and he is 4 months old. Does anyone else use honey? If you do, how do you get them off the addiction of it?"
~ Char
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My husbands mum used honey on his dummy for the same reason, and it completely destroyed all of his teeth. It's what happens later in life that you don't account for. There's also the chance of botulism - rare, but still there. There has to be a reason that your baby's unsettled, wind, over-tired, hungry? No better way to get them off of the addiction than cold-turkey...Sorry this probably is of no help, but at least you've found someone who supports you getting your bub off of it. :) Take care and good luck
~ Brandi
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Hi .. my son was born 6 weeks early and I used honey as my mum did with me and my younger brothers, it was sometimes the only way to sooth him back to sleep .. but as he got older he just didnt need it anymore .. he got to about 6 months and i no longer needed to put honey on his dummy .. so maybe you lil cutie will be the same :))
P.S i dont think it is harmful i know plenty of people that have used it and found it great for the little sweet teeth lol. My son is now almost 2 and has all of his teeth and they are healthy with nothing wrong with them.
~ Tara
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I can’t respond in a professional capacity, but as a reflux parent I know that honey is a definite no-no for babies as it can cause botulism (which can have really serious consequences). If you do a search online about it, you will find quite a few well respected Australian sites (eg Children’s, Youth and Women’s Health, Better Health) who explain it further. Please speak with your doctor if you are still unsure, but I believe it is really important that you don’t give you baby any honey at all while he is under 12 months of age.
~ Nicola |
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The reason most people frown upon using honey on dummies is because it can damage teeth, but as long as you only use it when you need to it shouldnt hurt too much. The thing i would be most worried about is allergy. There is no way of knowing what trees bees use to pollinate (part of the process of making honey) and if it just happens to be a nut tree, and your baby is allergic to nuts, well, it can be pretty terrifying. This is rare, but can be deadly. Cold turkey is probably the only way to do it, which will be almost as hard as having not used honey in the first place.
Having said that, my mum said that if all the things you are not meant to do were fatal, me and my sister would be dead.
~ Alyce |
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NOOOOOOO WAY! (in my opinion.. lol) My DD refused to take a dummy for the first 4months of her life (she suffered from terrible wind and I was told that sucking on a dummy might help) and finally one day she took it and now loves it- she'll have it whenever I let her! She'll even try and carry one while she crawls around with another one in her mouth.
Honey is a big nono until they are 12 months but I guess everyone has there own opinion- (I've also heard that the baby teeth aren't the ones that will be damaged, it will be the adult teeth when they come thru!)
~ Bays_mama |
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I dont think you should use honey before they are 12 months of age, just for the pure fact that you could be starting something you dont want to keep doing. I wouldn't say it is harmful to your child, but it could be in the long run when they are older, I never had anything like that as a baby and im 20 now and never had ANYTHING done to my teeth.My daughter only has sweet foods when she is with her grandparents or at birthday parties, which is actually often. I think if you give your children sweet things, they are going to expect it from you all the time, leave the sweet stuff to the grandparents! Goodluck!
P.S remember the way you bring up your child is never the wrong way, everyone is different and some babies have different needs!
~ Amy |
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