Do you have think people make a bigger deal about using a pacifier than it actually it?

Question

Is it just me or does it seem like women on this app are really against pacifier. I don't get it.. is it really that big of deal to allow a baby to use a pacifier? Why are people on here so against it?

Answer

Some recent studies have shown that it actually reduces the risk of SIDS, due to the sucking motion during sleep (reminds them to breath when in a deep sleep or something like that) 
Some people are, understandably, worried about the dependency and possible tooth damage. I took my sons away at a year old and he was fine with it :P

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It's much easier to quit the binky than to have them quit their fingers. If they don't figure out their fingers in the beginning it's likely they won't after you take the binky away. To quit the binky when they're too old (usually around 2-3), just cut the tip off, then they don't get the satisfaction of sucking and that's the end of it. Learned that tip from my dentist :P The AAP also says it reduces the risk of SIDS. I wish my LO would take a binky, but for now it's just my boob haha

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I don't think it's a big deal. Babies are comforted by the sucking motion (most of them anyway). For both my kids they slept really well w one. Around 14-15 months I cut both of them off cold turkey cuz the longer you wait the harder it is to break them if it and age the dentist said it could start to effect their teeth if they keep using one into toddlerhood so I wanted to avoid that.

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I'm still trying to convince my other half to let me use one with out bubba that's on its way! I don't see the harm in it. I would rather the baby have a dummy than suck his/her thumb! My step daughter who is almost 8 still sucks her fingers and it drive me mad! I don't want my baby sucking it's thumb or fingers !

Do you have think people make a bigger deal about using a pacifier than it actually it?

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