Are baby pacifiers bad?
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It's an old wives tale that they are bad for teeth, granted if the child is still using one constantly when they have all their teeth in, then it may do some harm but while they are an infant it is very soothing. Babies have a natural instinct to suck on things and it can be a very comforting item for them to have.
Out of my 3 girls, my youngest was the only one to take to one and she LOVES it. She is going to be 2 next month and within the past 5/6 months we have restricted the "binky" to her crib for nap time and night time. We will bring one with us in the car because she tends to be quite the sleeper in there as well.
I say go ahead and try it--if it soothes your baby then it's a good thing! Not all babies take to one so just give it a shot.
Pacifiers can cause issues with a children's teeth but not until their teeth actually start coming in. My son used on for a little while but he is now 5 months old and completely broke of it, he doesn't suck his thumb either, but my boyfriends 9 yr old daughter had a pacifier until she was 4 and she is now in braces because of what the pacifier did to her teeth.
Why do you need a pacifier? If it is because the baby is crying and won't settle, please use it. Out of my four children, two had dummies, as we call them here in the UK. And it didn't make any difference.
You can throw away a dummy, you can't throw away a thumb.
as long as she doesn't over-use it, there isn't a problem. i only use the pacifier at naptime and at night. if she wants to suck during the day, try a bottle with water, it's more than safe to give your baby a few ounces of water a day.
no, its fine to use them now, my son used one until he was 2 and his teeth are striaght and very nice looking. but then my brother in laws stepdaughter used one until she was 3 1/2 and her 4 front upper teeth got rotten and they had to be pulled out. so try and get her off of it before she gets too old.
They're not a problem until the permanent teeth come in(at around age 5) Most kids are broke of them way before then. Babies have a natural sucking need, that is usually not satisfied by the sucking at feedings. So let her enjoy her binky.
No, try to get her to use the pacifier. Pacifiers are thought to help prevent SIDS: http://www.abcactionnews.com/stories/200...
NO.it can help to sooth her. After 1 year, Yes it can do damage
to her teeth.
I don't like pacifiers and I avoid them.
I babysat for two other babies, whose parents used the pacifiers and I told them to keep the pacifiers at home when they dropped their kids off at my place.
Both of them adjusted to sleeping without bottles and pacifiers when it was nap time within minutes.
If they cried I handled the problem (hungry, thirsty, poopie diaper or tired) and if there wasn't a problem I just hugged them, stroked their backs while assuring them it was okay to cry and wiped their tears away until they got whatever they needed out of their systems.
I can't say my days were spent with crying babies, rather we had lots of fun and they loved coming to visit me for the day.
There good to sooth the baby. But when it gets its teeth its best to try to wing the baby from it. It can make there teeth come in crooked or lots of times if they suck the pacifier for to long there teeth will start to decay.
I heard that pacifiers actually prevent S.I.D.S. (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) I have a seven month old and she cannot sleep without it. Granted the rumors may be true about bad teeth but I'd rather her have bad teeth, which are "fixable", than to tempt fate.
they are fine. they reuce the risk of SIDS to.
and as soon as my son got a tooth he didnt want it anymore
I breastfed and if my son got cranky he wanted to be put to the breast, and not just to feed... he was using ME as a human pacifier aaaaah! I was in that chair for hours and hours and hours until i finally gave in and gave him a paci... or a binki as we called it... I swear it was a god send! Eventually the paci fairy had to come and take it away, but by then he was able to calm himself and I wasns't breastfeeding anymore. hehe.
Best of luck!
You could get your little girl an orthodontic pacifier which should reduce the 'risk'. But, just a little extra: not all babies 'accepts' pacifiers, so if your little girl doens't want one, just leave it at that. I must admit: I've seen so many children (especially since I've become a mom) who did use pacifiers, and today they are healthy toddlers with no problems wrt their teeth. Enjoy her!
I've never had a problem and as a surgical tech in the OR most of the dental restoration that we have to do on children is a result of being put to bed with a bottle with milk. This destroys the teeth and gums. As for the pacifier reducing SIDS, that is just another theory that will be soon discredited. My 5 month old died of SIDS and guess what she had a pacifier in her mouth, it fell out when she stopped breathing. My husband was sitting right beside her when it happened and that is what caught his attention. He picked it up to put it back in her mouth and that is when he noticed she was not breathing. This is just another theory that obviously they have not thoroughly did any research on. I'm in a SIDS group and I know I'm not the only SIDS mother than can shoot down this theory.
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