Bu Devi, mungkin dummy (soother/empeng) bisa membantu, tapi kalau bisa
jangan lebih dari umur 1 tahun, takut speech problem. Di bawah kami pastekan
artikel ttg dummy. Kebiasaan hisap dummy lebih mudah hilang dari pada hisap
jari. Vincent punya habit ini, baru hilang waktu kuliah, itu pun sampai
sekarang kalau lagi nggak sadar masih isap jempol, walau jarang (1-2 kali
per tahun). Jangan ditiru ya :-) Masalah dasarnya feeling secure and
comfort. Di UK dummy luas digunakan.
Semoga berguna, VIV.
-----Original Message-----
From: Devi Novianti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 5:09 PM
Subject: [balita-anda] isap jempol
Rekan. netter..
Saya mempunyai bayi umur 6.5 bl.. kira2 2 bl terakhir ini senang sekali
memasukkan jari2nya ke dalam mulut..terlebih apabila dia sedang mau tidur
dan sampai dalam keadaan tertidur.
Selama ini apabila dia mulai memasukka njemarinya itu pasti saya tarik dan
sambil saya ajak komunikasi bahwa hal itu tidak baik...tapi sampai saat ini
kebiasaan itu tidak hilang.. dan lama2 menjadi hobby pada saat tertidur..
Bagaimana caranya agar kebiasaan tersebut dapat berhenti...? Terima kasih.
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When a dummy can help
There's no doubt that, during your baby's first year, a dummy can be a real
life-saver. At first the sucking urge can be so strong that some babies seem
to want to spend their whole time at the breast or bottle, and when they're
taken off the breast, or away from the bottle, the howls begin.
A crying baby makes it almost impossible to concentrate on anything else,
and is enormously stressful: if you find yourself in this situation a lot of
the time, a dummy may well preserve your sanity and calm your baby down. But
if you're breastfeeding, you do need to ensure that it doesn't affect your
milk supply (see below).
"If parents come to me and say their child is being fractious a lot of the
time, I'd recommend using a dummy," says William Yule, Professor of Applied
Child Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. "It won't harm
the child, and it's certainly worth a try. Most babies either take to them
straight away or reject them from the start, in which case you have to think
of something else to quell their cries."
If your baby takes to it, his dummy will help soothe him to sleep. It will
also help keep him asleep, because if he is disturbed he's likely to start
sucking and may well drift back into deeper sleep without opening his eyes.
The dummy can also be used to calm your baby if he is suddenly frightened,
or hurt: sucking gives a baby a feeling of security, and in any new or
difficult situation he'll take a great deal of comfort from it.
Dummies mean a baby is less likely to start thumb or finger-sucking, which
can lead to dental problems later on. Finally, research has shown that
adults who had dummies as babies are less likely to take up smoking.
Jane Franklin always said she'd never give her child a dummy, but at around
five months she was driven to distraction by daughter Daisy's constant
crying, and a friend bought her a dummy. "It quietened Daisy immediately,
and I realised the reason I'd been holding off was simply that I didn't like
the idea of my child with a dummy in her mouth," she says.
"It was ridiculous really, because Daisy was clearly the sort of child who
needed a lot of sucking time. Once she had a dummy not only was she happier,
but I was happier and more positive about her, too. I never did like seeing
her with a dummy in her mouth, but it was definitely the right answer."
Possible problems
Unfortunately, using a dummy can bring its problems, too.
In the early weeks, your baby's sucking stimulates your breasts to make
exactly the right amount of milk for him. If your baby needs to suck in
order to make more milk, and you give him a dummy instead, you could reduce
the amount of milk you are making. This will mean that your baby will not be
satisfied at the next feed, and may become so fractious that you give him a
dummy again, leading to a vicious circle of insufficient milk and a restless
baby.
For this reason, it's important to try to do without, or at least seriously
limit, dummy use for the first six weeks. You may feel you're being used
'like a dummy' at this stage - but bear in mind that this is a short-term
problem, and that by the time he's three or four months old, your breastfed
baby will be able to get all the milk he needs with much shorter feeds than
at present.
By that time, giving your baby a dummy occasionally won't affect
breastfeeding in the same way - though you should bear in mind that most
breastfed babies have occasional 'sucky' days, when they need a lot of time
at the breast in order to up the amount of milk available because their
needs have increased.
Speech problems
As your baby grows into a toddler you may find that it becomes more
difficult to separate him from his dummy. Jo Spencer's daughter Tilly became
very attached to her dummy, and was still using it when she started nursery
at three. "I managed to persuade her to leave it with me while she was at
nursery, but as soon as she came out she would demand to have it and become
inconsolable if I refused."
Jo noticed that Tilly's speech development seemed to be behind compared with
other children, and Tilly was eventually referred to a speech therapist. "I
felt very guilty when the therapist told me that Tilly's speech had probably
been affected by her use of the dummy," says Jo.
However Tilly isn't alone. When Manchester-based speech therapist Nadine
Arditti. researched children attending her clinic, she found that just over
half of all dummy-users in her area had been referred for speech therapy.
Nadine says regular use of a dummy can cause speech problems for a number of
reasons. A baby with a dummy in his mouth has fewer opportunities to babble,
which is the foundation of speech, and may not communicate with others as
readily. An older baby's ability to swallow may also be impaired, and this
can result in difficulties with speech. Once he starts to speak, the dummy
user may talk from the back of his mouth instead of the front, and get into
the habit of saying 'k' instead of 't', for example.
She also points out that regular use of a dummy can lead to dental problems
where the upper and lower front teeth and back teeth may not meet properly,
and front teeth in particular may be at higher risk of decay.
However, it's worth knowing that regular thumb sucking can also lead to
dental problems, and that recent research shows that tooth decay levels are
higher among children who suck their fingers rather than dummies, because
sucking a dummy produces more saliva which in itself helps combat plaque.
"I'm not against the use of dummies across the board," says Nadine, "but I
do think it's very important that parents are given the information they
need before reaching a decision on whether or not to give one to their
child."
Using a dummy sensibly
Speech therapist Nadine Arditti believes that it's okay to resort to a
dummy - providing you use it selectively, and sensibly. Here are her
guidelines for safe dummy use:
* Don't use the dummy as an instant plug - try to identify the source of the
problem first. Remember that if your baby is crying, it's often because he
needs something from you.
* Don't get into a habit of using a dummy regularly. It's fine to fall back
on when all else fails, but it's not a good idea to start off every day by
popping the dummy into your baby's mouth.
* See the dummy as a short-term lifesaver, not a long-term habit or
solution. Wean your baby off his dummy as soon as possible, but certainly by
10-12 months.
* Never dip your child's dummy into anything sweet - this can lead to tooth
decay.
* If your baby is still using a dummy when he is starting to speak,
discourage him from trying to talk with it in his mouth
Tips to help your toddler kick the habit
Persuading your baby or child to live without his dummy can be hard work,
but the following guidelines should help:
* Make a clean break - most babies and toddlers will fret for only two or
three days and nights, which, as long as you're prepared for it, isn't that
bad .
* Find a time when you've some support, such as the weekend, before
embarking on it.
* An alternative is to go for gradual reduction - for example, start
limiting the dummy to use in the house, and then only at bedtime. This
approach may seem less harsh, but obviously prolongs the agony - for both of
you!
* Get an older child to agree that giving up is the grown up and sensible
thing to do.
* Time giving up with a birthday. One parent got her son to agree that he
would put his dummy in the kitchen bin before opening his presents, and he
did! Another mother took her toddler to a local shop on her birthday, where
she arranged for the dummy to be exchanged for a much-wanted toy.
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