Should I start my baby on a pacifier if he wants to suck on everything?
~Whisper~ asked:
Everybody wants to give their advice on pacifiers. Should I use one or not? I dont want to harm my baby’s teeth. Should I start the baby on one if he wants to suck on everything?
Everybody wants to give their advice on pacifiers. Should I use one or not? I dont want to harm my baby’s teeth. Should I start the baby on one if he wants to suck on everything?
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Sure buy a pacifier, but it’s better to buy a teething ring, Don’t worry it won’t harm your baby’s teeth at all, and it’s a good start to start buying teething rings and pacifiers, you can find teething rings at your local dollar store, or in the “baby aisle” of a store.
I also agonized about the decision and decided to use a pacifier because my baby was obsessed with sucking from the day he was born. I don’t regret it for a minute. Studies have shown that pacifiers do not harm your teeth unless they are used through the toddler years (like until age 4 or 5). They are recommended for use at night and for naps because they reduce the risk of SIDS. Experts say you should wait until the baby is 1 month old if you are breastfeeding so that the baby doesn’t have “nipple confusion.” Personally, I gave it to him the first week and never had a problem breastfeeding.
Okay I dont know what everyone’s hang up is on pacifiers but the truth is they reduce the risk of sids for that reason alone I wanted to use one
However, of course as the mother it should be your choice
My son was always sucking on his thumb in my unltrasound pictures lol when I delivered him his lips were swollen from all the sucking (they went down eventually lol) He was always putting his hands in his mouth and starting to choke himself he would shove his fingers down his throat so far so when the nurse took him to the nursery to get his antibiotic he was on at first she rolled him back in and he had a pacifier in his mouth. I wasnt mad because I was planning on getting one as soon as I left the hospital. He’s been hooked ever since. He’s almost 8 weeks now and pretty much only uses it if he is going to sleep. I leave it hooked on his shirt and sometimes he’ll hit it trying to put it in his mouth its the cutest thing! When it falls out if it lands on his arm he can already scoop in back in there
Oh and it doesnt harm theri teeth unless they are still using it when they are like 4 or 5 and thats a little to big to still have a binky but hey in Germany they send their kids to kindergarden with one
I wish my baby would take a pacifier! They aren’t bad. As for the thumb, it is really difficult with some kids to get them to stop sucking their thumb so don’t start it. That is a bad idea. My friend’s kids used pacifiers and their teeth are fine. I never used one and my parents spent a ton of money on my teeth! LOL.
that is every mother’s own decision my opinion on it I don’t like them I find it very disgusting to see a child over the age of 1 to be running around with a pacifier in their mouth and i’ve seen kids as old as 5 using them
my husband wanted to try one ( the lets try and shut her up method some parents use it for) she wanted NO part with it
so if the baby wants to suck on something a teething ring is best baby’s will suck no matter what its how they work up their jaw and work out their tounges
It’s your choice.
I don’t have a problem with them.
Okay – i am not trying to tell you what to do.
I was not going to use a dummy at all – but i gave my son one as it helped him sleep when he was about 2 weeks old, and he continued to use one for about 2 months after that.
He is now 7 months, he decided himself that he no longer wanted it – he just took it out one day and started chewing on it and threw it across the room and had no further use for it.
Now i had a dummy when i was a baby i had a dummy, as did my brother and lots of other people i know – we all have perfectly straight teeth with NO impediments at all.
My dentist has said to me he has never seen more straighter teeth and asked if i have ever had braces, i told him no and he was shocked they were naturally that straight.
If you are going to buy a dummy, buy the brand NUK they are designed by orthidontists and will not cause buck teeth in infants.
Dummies dont hurt them, because they will suck whatever they can get their hands on, so i think its better to give them soemthing designed specifically for that purpose.
Good luck
it is easier to use his thumb. and, you can never forget it somewhere! lol