Thursday, January 26, 2012

To suck or not to suck? That's a good question.

I just put Tuco down.  I should be researching this.  Instead I'm going to put the question out there, go read a book and research later.

What do you think of pacifiers, binkies, chupas, dummies?

Will you use them?  Did you use them?  Are you using them?  When? Why? Why not? For how long?


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3 comments:

  1. ValerieJanuary 26, 2012 at 7:59 PM

    Darcy used a binkie until we moved to Hawaii. She was 10 months old. She gave them up on her own. We used them on the plane and on long cars trips. She never sucked her thumb either.

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  2. KarenJanuary 27, 2012 at 5:27 AM

    I remember this one -- oh, and it's big because everyone wants to tell you what to do.

    The pacifier helps comfort the crying baby and get him/her to sleep without nursing every single time.

    I have three children and all three were different. My oldest used a pacifier until age 2 or 3. I remember succumbing to outside pressure and we went through an ordeal in order to get her to stop. It was traumatic for all of us.

    My second used a pacifier until 9 or 10 months, then switched to the thumb for less than a year, then quit entirely. Never looked back.

    For my third we decided to let her choose when to stop. She was using it at night until her fifth birthday! Yes, age 5. She wanted it, she felt comforted by it, so be it.

    All three needed retainers in elementary school, unrelated (I believe) to the pacifier. My oldest was in braces for a year as a teen. The other two have beautiful teeth and jaws.

    Good luck, Tami, in making this decision. You are a wonderful Mama and whatever you choose will be the right thing for your family.

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  3. Tami Galeano-CaponeJanuary 27, 2012 at 2:18 PM

    I think you both hit on some of the reasons this is a hot-topic (for parents, at least).

    Will they give it up? What about the Freudian "oral-fixation" fear? What will other people think? How do I get them to stop? Will it hurt them? Will the lack of it harm them? What about oral and dental issues?

    This is just one of the (very mediocre in the scheme of things) decisions parents make. And unfortunately, as with them all, there is no right answer. Or, to put it more accurately I think, they are all the right answers.

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