The use of the pacifier is widespread today, most babies carry one. For parents it is an almost magical article that calms the baby, and also its use during sleep is associated with a decrease in the risk of sudden death.
There seems to be no inconvenience with its use during the first year, provided that it is offered after breastfeeding has been consolidated (to avoid nipple-nipple confusion) and considering that breastfed children would not need it since they would get that comfort and suction to through breastfeeding. But not everything are advantages. Its prolonged use could cause problems, such as problems with speech development.
It interferes with the natural movement of the mouth
Logically, having a pacifier in the mouth most of the day prevents the child from making natural movements What you should do to practice the first babbling.
The babies they need to move their tongue freely for a correct development of speech. Also the jaw and the lips are compromised, that when having the pacifier in the mouth, prevents that they pronounce the sounds correctly.
On the one hand, using the pacifier at all times prevents the mouth from preparing properly for speaking, and on the other, when growing and starting to speak, doing so with a pacifier all day in the mouth, prevents it from pronouncing the sounds correctly .
How long to use the pacifier?
The Spanish Association of Pediatrics recommends "limit its use until the year of life, which includes the maximum risk ages of the SIDS and those in which the infant is most in need of sucking. "
Few children leave him a year because of the dependency that has been created, but beyond that age, keep in mind that the risk of dental problems, accidents or language development increases.
We are the parents who offer the baby's pacifier and are responsible for generating in the child that need to use it at all times. The truth is the pacifier is not necessaryThere are other methods to calm the baby such as taking it in the arms, placing it skin to skin and of course, the tit.
But if you are going to offer it, remember these tips and try not to give it at all times, but only for specific moments such as helping you sleep, when you cry or get nervous and then withdraw it.
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