🦷 Pacifiers are a useful soothing tool in the newborn and infant years, but extended use during times of play, vocalization, etc. can impact speech development and articulation as your child gets older. They can also impact the alignment of teeth and jaw development. From a developmental perspective, it’s a great soothing mechanism, but our older toddlers can be taught other coping skills where a pacifier will no longer be necessary. 🐣 My son LOVED (still loves!) the pacifier. We weaned succes

Good Benefits of using a Pacifier Pacifiers satisfy an infant’s innate non-nutritive sucking reflex, which has a calming effect and helps regulate stress and self-soothing.. Clinical studies associate pacifier use during sleep with a reduced risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), possibly by improving airway patency and increasing arousal from sleep. Pacifiers can also aid sleep onset, reduce crying, and provide comfort without unnecessary feeding. Compared to thumb-sucking, pacifier use i