Pacifier Addiction. What To Do?

Pacifier addiction comes with both advantages and disadvantages. Before you can decide whether to continue with or not, you must analysis the darker and brighter sides of giving a pacifier.

Advantages 

1.  The risk of baby’s death due to SIDS can be reduced with a pacifier in baby’s mouth.
2. Pacifiers can help a baby sleep easier. 
3. Pacifiers can significantly reduce the discomfort caused by air pressure if you traveling in an aircraft with your baby. 
4.  Pacifier can be used a distraction, while medical examinations.

Disadvantages 

1. Many babies had refused breast sucking after offering pacifier in their first months.
2. Pacifiers can help a baby sleep easier, but after addiction, you won’t be able to put your baby to sleep without this.
3. These baby pacifiers are made of latex and it can make your baby allergic to latex.
4. Pacifier addiction is going to affect the development of the oral cavity.
5. It can seriously disturb the shape of the baby’s lips. 

Learn more about – Advantages & Disadvantages of Using A Baby Pacifier

• Never offer a pacifier before breastfeeding.
• Instead of latex one, choose a .
• Do not force your baby to have it. Try other methods of calming your baby.
• In case, if a pacifier falls from your baby’s mouth and your baby is still sleeping, do not give it back to him.

1. Let your baby find the pacifier himself.
2. Limit the pacifier time in the mouth.
3. Use it only for the sleepy time.
4. Give him something else to suck on or play with.
5. Make it difficult to suck on the pacifier.

To learn more about it – please read – Pacifier Addiction – Ending The Pacifier Habit