If calming a wailing infant wasn’t satisfying enough, pacifier-wielding parents can now quiet their critics as well. Since ancient times, parents have been placing pacifiers in their babies’ mouths to ...

A creative mom has shared how you can transform your baby's pacifier into home decor on TikTok. Racking up 5.3 million views, the footage shows Vikki Ponce, 26, (@vikkiponce29) cutting off the nipple ...

For many parents, the pacifier was a godsend in helping soothe their infant—especially for those fussy late nights. But prolonged use of the binky may lead to dental problems and orthodontic work, and ...

A parent may want to wean off their child's pacifier or thumb sucking habit out of concern for their oral and emotional development. - ljubaphoto/E+/Getty Images Out of 820 American parents surveyed, ...

Babies should be offered pacifiers at bedtime, and they should sleep in their parents' room — but not in their beds — in order to lessen the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the United States' ...

Like lots of newborns, my son cried – a lot. To my first-time-mom ears, it felt like he was wailing every waking moment. In desperation late one night, I called a cousin who was a pediatric nurse for ...

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Researchers have found that overexposure to pacifiers affects the language skills of infants by the time they reach the age of 2. The study examined 1,187 infants based in Oslo, Norway, to explore the ...

As her mother, Christina, tells it, Norah walked around all day with “Passy” in her mouth. She required it to fall asleep. Mom and dad would remove it after Norah nodded off, but, even in a deep sleep ...

If a child is walking and talking, does he need a pacifier planted in his mouth? Tanya Remer Altmann, M.D., author of Mommy Calls: Dr. Tanya Answers Parents’ Top 101 Questions About Babies and ...

Pacifiers help babies calm down, self-sooth and sleep better. 2 news Oklahoma's Cathy Tatom listens to safety concerns raised ...