Smack, smack, smack, look how hard the baby is sucking, is he taking milk? No, it’s a pacifier! A pacifier, as the name implies, is a tool used to soothe your baby and make him feel comfortable. How to use this “exotic” pacifier correctly? The benefits of a pacifier are: 1. Calming emotions The sucking of the baby’s mouth will help transfer tension and enhance the baby’s sense of security; it is very effective for crying babies, so perhaps the pacifier is a good baby find to regulate emotions. 2, safe sleep In a recent study, a comparative survey of 500 American families with small babies found that babies who used a pacifier at bedtime were three times less likely to die suddenly than those who did not. This is because the pacifier keeps the baby in a supine or side-lying position, which does not increase the chance of sudden death by lying prone; at the same time, the pacifier helps the baby get used to breathing through the nose, effectively preventing “illness from entering the mouth. 3, good for the mother The baby who uses a pacifier will slowly self-soothe, allowing the mother to get timely rest and recovery, which is conducive to better breastfeeding. 4.Avoid bad habits Sucking is a way for babies to relieve their emotions. If there is no soother, many babies will achieve their goal by sucking their fingers, and they will easily get sick because their fingers are not clean, or they will suck their fingers off their skin. 5, soothing the dental bed Around 5 months, babies begin to teething, swollen gums urgently need to reduce pain, soothers can also come in handy, only, in order not to affect the beauty of the teeth oral cavity, in this period can slowly replace the pacifier with a teether, both to relieve pain, but also naturally and soothers say goodbye. According to statistics, about 50% of infants and toddlers between 0 and 2 years old will have the habit of sucking on pacifiers. This is because when the fetus is still in the mother’s body, it has naturally put its fingers into the mouth, and when the baby is born to about 2 years old, it enters the oral period, and the baby will get satisfaction through the activities of the mouth. Therefore, the soother becomes an important product for the baby’s side. The difference between a soother and a bottle teat is that the former does not have a sucking breast while the latter does, so the key point when shopping for one is generally similar to a bottle teat. When purchasing, parents should pinch the softness of the pacifier to decide which one is suitable for their baby. How to choose a pacifier? Note on choosing a pacifier! Parents should pay close attention to the two main issues of safety and replacement rate when choosing a pacifier. (1) Safety A good pacifier is one that can withstand high tension and is suitable for a parent’s teething baby to pull on, and is not easily broken to prevent fragile pacifiers from being swallowed by babies, thus causing danger. (2) Replacement rate Once a pacifier is aged, deformed or broken, it should be immediately replaced, but special attention should be paid to the fact that unless the pacifier is already defective, do not replace it with the same type of pacifier frequently, because the baby’s touch is quite sensitive and it is easy to feel rejected. Soothers a. What are the effects of bad materials and poorly shaped soothers on babies? Long-term use of poor quality soothers and improper sucking postures can also cause teething displacement and bottle mouths. Teeth displacement refers to the situation where the upper row of teeth are pushed forward and the lower row of teeth are pushed backward due to prolonged pacifier sucking. Bottle mouth, on the other hand, refers to the long-term sucking habits that loosen the tension between the upper and lower lips, forming an upturned lip. b. How to quit If your baby can’t quit sucking on a pacifier after the age of four, the problems caused by a bad soother will never be corrected naturally. Parents can use the following tips to achieve their goals: 1. Replace the pacifier with a towel, quilt, pillow, teethers, etc., but be aware that these things need to be kept clean from time to time. 2. Attract your baby with other people, things and objects to distract him from the pacifier. If your baby must rely on the pacifier to fall asleep, it is best to take it away about 10 minutes after your baby falls asleep. Some parents will throw away or cut the pacifier, or even paint it with chili pepper to keep the baby away from the pacifier. 5.The parents’ attitude needs to be firm and not to stuff the pacifier in the baby’s mouth again because of the baby’s momentary crying. 6.For larger babies you can make an appointment with him and tell him that if he stops sucking on the pacifier he will be rewarded. 7.When feeding side dishes, try to replace the pacifier with a spoon. It is worth mentioning that some babies will use their fingers to replace the pacifier, which is also a kind of behavior not worth encouraging. The doctor reminds parents that if the baby sucks his fingers for a long time, in addition to the unclean fingers, it is easy to affect the development of the upper and lower jaws, and even the shape of the fingers, skin and nails will be deformed by long-term sucking.