Pacifiers around a lot of controversy, but the truth is somewhere in the middle. We have tried to debunk the most common myths to affirmatively say that each method of calming the baby has pros and cons
One of the main conditions for successful lactation - a frequent breastfeeding on demand. But if the kid gets a pacifier, so it does not get the chest. This can lead to underweight infant, as well as to a decrease in lactation.
Dummy same, substituting breast, deprives the body of my mother this opportunity. This is an obvious drawback with latex nipples.
Reduced lactation
Breastfeeding and pacifier - a fundamentally different processes. Sucking pacifiers child begins to draw in the lower jaw, excess straining muscles, forgets to open his mouth wide. All this he does in order to keep the pacifier in his mouth.
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Changes and movements of the tongue: if to use pacifiers healthy child performs undulations the length of the entire language, after the dummy movements are scarce, there is a so-called piston sucking. All this leads to inefficient sucking milk from the breast and reduce lactation.
There is no properly customized for a particular baby pacifiers. It is a myth. Therefore, a slogan about the form of orthodontic pacifiers far from the truth. For the baby physiological and safely suck only the mother's breast.
Dummy is no substitute for a loved one
Among the many grandmothers and older people actively supported the idea that in order to calm the baby is fine and empty. So the kid in a difficult moment for it gets the rubber / silicone object to calm.
But think about whether he wanted it? Of course not. Therefore, a child with a pacifier almost never calms down immediately, as it happens in most cases with the mother's breast. Pacifier sucking baby need another shake, and diarrhea on the handles. The baby is not ready to synthetic "pacifier", so before it starts to calm down this cold object, it still need to learn how to do it. Whether it is necessary to accustom to the nipple?
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Dummy - independence and autonomy?
Parents replace the pacifier itself, but it does not provide reliable support for the child lives. He does not grow independent and autonomous. This is another myth! This is contrary to the natural development of children in the first year of life. Children, by definition, have to be dependent on their parents.
The child must live their first year in close communication with their parents, on the hands and with the breast in his mouth. And then he will understand at the subconscious level, that mom and dad are ready to spend it to adulthood, they are a solid foundation of the world.
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There are cases when dummy is vital
If:
- baby is bottle-fed, and willingly takes the pacifier. However, forced to accustom baby sucking pacifiers, even in this case it is not necessary to practice
- the child has expressed strong sucking reflex and without pacifiers he always overexcited;
- you are in a public place and immediate attachment of the baby to the breast is impossible.
Dr. Komarovsky - for or against?
The famous doctor sees no pacifier special danger for the child, but very recommended to comply with the rules of its "exploitation".
... the severity of the child's sucking reflex is sometimes so strong that the dummy is the only one (except my mother's breasts, of course) means to ensure silence in the room. And yet, when any problems with the amount of breast milk pacifier use is undesirable.
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