Have any of you ladies decided not to use it are thinking about not using a pacifier? What about you STMs? What is your experience? Have you not used or tried not to use one? I'm really thinking about not using one and was wondering what everyone thinks.
Re: Pacifier.
I think every baby is different and what someone else does w/ their kid really doesn't matter compared to what you choose to do with yours.
Some babies like them, others hate them. Same with their moms -- some women hate them, others love them.
Yep! DS loved his paci in the hospital. I even took a picture of it and sent it to my mom and had her buy some just like it. Brought him home, he wanted nothing to do with any of them.
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But on the other hand, pacifiers seem to really reduce the risk of SIDS, which is way scarier than having crooked teeth.
I think for me, it will just come down to whether or not my baby wants one. My brother loved his and didn't get rid of it till he was 2. My niece wants nothing to do with it and spits it out immediately.
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Same, I really would rather not use one. Especially since on a daily basis (at work) I see children at 2 and 3 still sucking on them religiously. I think it's gross.
Also an SLP and it is important to mention that the research is more about extended pacifier use as in years, not months and the fact that infants have a biological need to suck (called non-nutritive sucking) in between feeds and will find a way to do so whether it is sucking on their fingers or a pacifier. Sucking a thumb can cause the same type of palate and dentition issues to arise.
Agreed.
Needed, no...but maybe not the worst thing to happen to babies?!
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