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Disadvantages Of Using A Pacifier


• Increased Ear Infections - there is a proven link between prolonged pacifier use and middle ear infections. It's thought that sucking on a pacifier increases the chance of an infection back-tracking from the mouth into the Eustachian tube (the air-filled passage connecting the middle ear with the back of the throat). Limit pacifier use to settling your baby for sleep only, to avoid such problems.

• Link To Stomach and Other Infections - pacifier use has been associated with a higher risk of symptoms such as vomiting, fever, diarrhea, and colic.

• Long-term Pacifier Use Can Lead To Dental Problems - many dentists discourage the use of pacifiers or thumb-sucking as both can result in problems as the teeth grow and develop, particularly if your child is still using this as a comfort when their permanent teeth are coming through.

• Speech Problems - using a pacifier prevents babies from babbling, which is an important step in learning to talk, and discourages toddlers from chatting, which they need to do to develop their language skills.

• Using A Pacifier On A Daily Basis Interferes With Breastfeeding - there is strong evidence that women who use pacifiers are more likely to wean their babies off the breast earlier than breastfeeding mothers who don't use pacifiers on a daily basis. Pacifier use is linked to breastfeeding exclusively for a shorter amount of time and a lack of milk when the baby is one month old.

Whether the use of pacifiers leads women to give up breastfeeding is a controversial area. Some argue that mothers use pacifiers because they are having problems breastfeeding or because they don't really want to breastfeed. Others believe that babies find it difficult to switch from sucking on a pacifier or artificial teat back to sucking on the breast - sometimes called nipple confusion. Others argue that sucking on a pacifier instead of the breast results in lack of stimulation to the breast to produce prolactin, which then results in a reduced milk supply. Women who give up breastfeeding in the first six months often give "lack of milk" as their reason for stopping.

Whatever the reason, the use of pacifiers on a daily basis has been linked to giving up breastfeeding before a baby is three months old. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) strongly discourages the use of pacifiers while breastfeeding is being established. This is in an effort to try and support mothers to breastfeed exclusively for the first six months because of the many benefits of breastfeeding.

~ Dummy same as Pacifier,we call it Dummy over here

~Baby Losing Appetite wasnt listed as a disadvantage so i suppose they Dont!  

shotster50:
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~LMAO . .You got that Right! I wud have loved to see him walk it too 

stillwater:
I don't know why no one liked his rendition of "ring of fire" last Tuesday. I loved it.

ToToChoper:
Women and shoes !!!!!!!!!

I can't come to grasp with the obsession, no matter how hard I try----(like apple and oranges).

But a pretty lady with some heels would definately get my attention off the T.V screen.

I like dem in Naughty monkey, Nine west or Miss Sixty.

~Dont Even Try to understand it,just go w/ it!

~I like a man who pays attension to detail & Actually knows the BRand name he likes on a woman . .

spikedcylinder:
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~Translation PLs

Treetop20:
thanks
i love it too
though it did cost quite a bit

~All You need Now is the Sun To Rock it!
^{two days of Sunshine & its gone} . . . .

benedictac:
Thank you all i have really leant alot from your various posts but my challenge now is that:

i had a child out of wedlock who will be 7 this year and now i am married, my hubby has requested i bring the child to help me at home that he doesnt like house helps. Now how do i face it as in i have not been with this child for about 6years.

i think i own him that motherly love that i have dennied him in the past but how do i do all these and still not make my hubby feel bad that my attention is shifting to my son as we are still trusting God for our own child.

Pls i really need good advice.

spikedcylinder:
LOL!!!

Gay men will so love this!

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