@yoshinat0r I actually read that comfort nursing presumably reduces the risk for SIDS, so I wouldn’t consider it a bad thing. I let my 8 week old do it and my 3 year old also did it when she was a baby and naturally grew out of it.
Also, I don’t know why you find pacifiers better than the thumb. From my perspective is actually the opposite… I always preferred my 3yo to suck on her thumb, so we never had pacifiers and she ended up never taking to it.
Now with my baby I will not be giving her the pacifier either, if she wants to suck on her thumb, that’s fine by me! I believe it’s harder to get rid of the pacifier as the older they get, the more they use their hands and the pacifier can just be there in their mouth.
I have seen so many kids riding bikes with a pacifier in their mouth!!! Or do crafts… with the pacifier in their mouths!! I personally hate that. And the older they get the ickier I find it.