To dummy or not to dummy

It's a tough one.

For the woman, with two natural dummies in her tool box, it's much easier to take a tougher stance.  No dummies please.

For the man, a dummy may just represent the saviour of all sanity.

The facts are there in the books and to my untrained eye any pros are largely outweighed by the cons.

For me the argument is won by the fact that if used within the first few weeks of life, a dummy (so the the experts say) can provide too much sucking satisfaction which then makes the baby lazy at the breast.  It doesn't seem to be the case yet...we appear to have a good sucker...but we've had a couple of pretty tough days where it seems that the baby was more hungry than we thought, and I can't help but wonder if the dummy is in some way to blame.  Every time Nico spits it out I breathe a sigh of relief that he still prefers to suck on me, but for how long will it last?

So for now, Daddy's treat only, and only at night.

Here's hoping that the photo below really represents what Nico thinks about his dummy.