Pacifiers - Saint Charles,MO

I, too, used the Avent brand - and we used them unabashedly until my daughter was 3 when she didn't want them anymore. She weened herself. Yes, I know that they are not the best for oral development - but it soothed her, it soothed me, and her teeth (she is now 8 and has all of her permanent front teeth) are fine.

Good luck!

If he is not interested don't give him one, as you encounter major problems later on of trying to break him from them. My great nephew had like 100 pacifers had to have one in his hand an one in the mouth. Like to never broke him of wanting one the only way he was broke was that he encountered a virus that gave him blisters in his mouth that were from a virus. So we pitched all pacifiers as he couldn't put them in his mouth without it hurting. So my adivice is not to give unless he is really fussy.

I would say, buy a few and see if he takes on to one of them. If he doesn't have a preference, I'd recommend Nuk from mine and my friends experiences.

We used Nuk's pacifiers for our son. He used them for 2years and doesn't have any problems with his teeth.
I agree with what some mommies here wrote about not giving your baby a pacifier if he doesn't need it, but a pacifier is not a bad thing.
We gave it to our son to 1st - on our lactation consultants encouragement in attempt to correct his latch, 2nd - to soothe him and 3rd - because we didn't want him to become a thumbsucker who still sucks on his thumb when he's 8-9-10 years old (or throughout his life like a friend of mine) when he thinks nobody's looking!! Also a silicone pacifier is much easier to keep clean than a curious, crawling baby's thumb.
As far as babies getting problems with their teeth, bottles and sippy cups are a far greater problem than pacifiers.

If you don't want issues with the pacifier don't use one in the first place!! Wish I had realized it sooner if you never use one they tend to self soothe themselves better and you don't have to fight to get rid of it later when they are older.

Otherwise you may just have to try different ones that he likes best since not all babies will take the same ones and make sure it isn't to big or hard for his mouth.

we mostly used avents for our son as a newborn then we eventually switched to the mam when he was a little older. I like the silicone(clear) nipples they seem like they stay cleaner(if thats possible for a paci) the latex ones get all rubbery and sticky. I think most pacifiers have become silicone now. I had bought one that closes when dropped but it seems like he had a hard time keeping it in. the cover part stuck out almost as far as the nipple. I also like the avents because they had little lids that snapped over the nipple. perfect for diaper bags and purses when you don't have one of those pacifier pod things handy

I'm a big fan of the Soothies. They are what hospitals use and I like that they are all one piece. They come in a preemie, newborn and older style (all the same style really, but the firmness changes). My little guy always seems to be teething so I keep all of ours in the freezer so when he needs them, they are good to his gums.

If your child is already used to the pacifier, I would just make a habit of picking the pacifier up and putting it out of sight any time they drop it. Don't run to get it at every peep and whimper. Use it when they are really cranky only. I promise, over time they won't want it and you'll be so much happier when it goes away. If it's gone soon enough, the teeth will be okay. Otherwise, you'll end up with 10 or 15 of them at home, the car, daycare, grandmas, etc. Also, when you can't find one at night and the kid has been using it day and night for a year or more, you'll be looking for an all night Walmart. NO Fun.

Teeth are not the only concern. Have you ever seen a little kid with bumps around his mouth? That would be a yeast infection from that area always being wet, warm, and having bacteria trapped between the face and binky. How about the children which chronically dirty rings around their mouths? Have you ever seen a mom pick a binky off the floor, wash it off by sucking it herself and give it back to the child? Binkies are gross and they are entirely NOT needed. When moms tell me their babies can't get a long without them I just don't even know what to say. Within 1 week at my house they forget the binky even exists during the day. I've seen too many moms grab them out of the bag and stick them in their mouths when they aren't even unhappy.

Truly, I feel sorry for kids that have these things shoved in their mouths over and over as infants. It is an aquired taste for them. They don't just take to them on day # 1. I figure when you have to put it back in and hold it in place over and over, why do it at all? I've been in enough hospitals with my own and friends and daycare babies to see those nurses stick them in, hold them in and as soon as they walk away the binky falls out. Every time they walk by they do it again. If you do it often enough, the kid will accept it. But why? It seems cruel just to make them become addicted to something that has to be taken away later. That's bad enough. But the dirt and bacteria makes me queasy.

Congrats on your baby boy!!
We used Nuk, MAM, and Avent. They were all shaped fairly similar. His little teeth have grown in just fine. Good luck!

Your baby will tell you what kind he wants. If he's anything like mine, he will only want ones that feel right to him. They ALL will make their teeth funny if you let them use them long enough. The pediatrician told me that at age two they should give them up. Two of my three kids didn't want to give up the pacifier, but we told them they would get funky teeth if they kept using them, and they didn't want that, so it helped them give it up.

Hello, My oldest son who is now almost four like the nuk pacifiers when he was a baby. My youngest son is 6 months old and we tried the nuk for him and the soothies from the hospital and he didn't care for either one of them. He just doesn't like pacifiers. I would just buy a couple different kinds and see which one he likes. My son never had any problems with his teeth but he also only had his pacifer until he was 10 months old. He started throwing it so I figured he didn't need it anymore and I would have taken it away when he turned one anyways. Congrats on your little boy!

Good Morning FS Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
I don't know the names of Paci's or binkies anymore. They don't make the one our boys loved to play with. It squeaked on the other end. That's what the did with them. Neither really ever used one to self soothe.

Anyway I googled Pacifiers for Oral Development. Came up with a lot of links then found the Nuk paci's. It claims normal month development.
http://www.thefind.com/family/browse-gerber-toddler-pacifier

Plus there is really no good or etched in stone reason a child needs one or has to give it up by age One if they use one. All of our Gr kids have given up their paci's on their own before 2 or 3. Now Zane the youngest is another story, he is a thumb sucker and For the life of me, we can't keep it out of his mouth. If I say no thumb, he takes it out and sticks his index finger in his mouth, so it's become a game.. LOL One that needs stopped as his front teeth are being pulled forward. He has fell a couple of times in the last 2 or so weeks and banged up his mouth, and he stops sucking his thumb until it doesn't hurt to do so anymore then right back to it. Putting hot sauce, No Thum, apple cider vinegar, any yucky thing I can come up with doesn't work with him. He likes the hot sauce, wants more. *laughing*

So I guess FS if he really doesn't need one let it go. If you think he does, look at the list of products and see what age group your little prince, fits into.

God Bless you and your family with a wonderful day of memories and family fun, this Thanksgiving day
K. Nana of 5

I personally liked the Nuks. The colors were adorable and I made Bink leashes so it would attach to the kids clothes so they couldn't throw it across the room. Plus I liked the colors.

Congratulations on your new bundle!

My oldest loved the Soothies. Hospitals use them, and they are great! They are easy to clean and they do not press right against the child's mouth, avoiding the "ring around the mouth" syndrome. My youngest did not take a pacifier at all, so yet, don't offer if they don't need it. But if they do, I would highly recommend Soothies.

I wish I had experience with one of those, we used the Avent Pacificers for both boys. I did wnat to pass along if you want to wean them by the time they are 1 year old off of the pacifier...is to take it out of their mouth when they are happy. If you ONLY give it to them when they REALLY need it...they won't get attached. Just remind yourself ot keep taking it out of their mouth and putting it out of sight whey they are happy. It will be so much easier on YOU when it's time to take it away. Both of my boys (they are 6yrs and 13 months) were weaned COMPLETLY off the pacifier by 1 year. It can be done! They both really used it a lot in the beginning too.

I used the Nuk brand with both of my children until they were almost 3 years old. They were both addicted! My oldest has never had any problems with his teeth, but I noticed that my youngest's teeth were starting to stick out a little funny when she was 2. Her dentist told me that if I get rid of the binky when she's young enough, then her teeth will go back to where they should be, but that if I waited too long she would need some serious orthodontics. So we kicked the binky habit, and now her teeth are just fine! Have you talked to your dentist about which brand he/she recommends?