(iVillage Total Health) - Parents who've debated the pros and cons of using pacifiers for their infants and toddlers may be surprised by a new report that outlines the risks as well as benefits of the ...

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Parents who clean a baby’s pacifier by putting it in their mouth first are apparently doing it right, according to the findings of a new study. In a study published Monday in the journal “Pediatrics,” ...

Paci, binky, dummie. Whatever you call it, chances are your baby has one. And when that little sucker rolls under the crib, gets buried in the diaper bag, or your baby cries for it in the middle of ...

The risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), the third leading cause of infant death, may be lowered through the use of a pacifier. According to an article in Nursing for Women's Health, neonatal ...

Whether they’re called pacifiers, binkies, dodies, or pacis in your household, their purpose is to soothe babies. But there’s nothing soothing about a pacifier that poses a potential danger to your ...

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Researchers have found that overexposure to pacifiers affects the language skills of infants by the time they reach the age of 2. The study examined 1,187 infants based in Oslo, Norway, to explore the ...

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