To newbies or outsiders, this community can often feel like a place where you'll be judged for eating a non-organic meal or using formula or
relying on pacifiers or purchasing a stroller.
Don't hold her, rock her, or let
her rely on a pacifier or bottle to get to sleep.
Rachel, does
she rely on a pacifier for sleep?
Parents have
relied on pacifiers for ages to calm crying infants.
Not exact matches
The main premise, however, is similar to other versions of sleep training: get your baby to fall asleep independently, without
relying on sleep associations like nursing,
pacifiers, or rocking — and do so with little to no crying through the process.
But the children whose parents sucked
on their
pacifiers to sanitize them were one - third less likely to have eczema, which is considered the earliest sign of allergies, at 18 months than kids whose parents
relied on other techniques — such as rinsing the binkies in tap water or boiling the
pacifier.
There's a risk of
relying too heavily
on a
pacifier's soothing elements, though.
Another problem is when your baby
relies on something like a
pacifier to fall asleep.
You may have a first born who adored their
pacifier and
relied on it for daily use, while your second child just looks up at you blankly as you try to offer it to them.