Not exact matches
I got a 15 month old who still uses me
as a
pacifier to
fall asleep!
My three month old baby girl uses me
as a
pacifier to
fall asleep.
Eventually, he will learn to
fall asleep without suckling, and your time
as a human
pacifier is over (until the next baby arrives...;-D)
If your baby is too young to find a
pacifier when it
falls out of her mouth after
falling asleep, it won't work
as a comfort object.
Advantages to using a
pacifier include that they act
as a baby soother, helping your baby
fall asleep, and reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
In contrast to the WHO, which discourages all
pacifier use in the first six months of life, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends giving babies
pacifiers as they
fall asleep beginning at the one - month mark, because this practice has been linked with a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Common societal misconceptions are at play here,
as well
as basic human psychology: parents often fear losing control of themselves or allowing their children to lose control of their negative emotions, and it is easy to
fall into the trap of using distraction techniques to
pacify a child who is upset.