Essay On Baby Pacifier

Suckling, thumb, pacifier, pacifier, bottle, and the suction phenomenon is crucial in newborn infants. Today it is estimated that almost the majority of children in North America would use a regular nipple. Indeed, the nipple soothes calms and comforts crying. But parents sometimes abuse, but without beware of the drawbacks that entails.
Benefits of baby pacifier
1. A calming effect
The first months, babies cry a lot. And sometimes parents have difficulty accepting cries or howling. In this context, if giving a pacifier, baby is calmer, parents will be less stressed, and the quality of parent-child relationship is maintained. Sucking a pacifier would even have a small analgesic effect (against the pain). To this end, a nipple may even be used
Quality of sleep
The pacifier facilitates the acquisition of rhythms and self-healing. Babies "suckers" would be able earlier than others to sleep at night and to space their meals at night. In addition, studies have shown that pacifier while sleeping reduces the risk of sudden death. This effect remains to be proven with certainty, and reasons are also not really been identified. Note that we do not know much about the pathophysiology of SIDS.
Disadvantages of pacifier use
1. Breastfeeding vs. pacifier
The pacifier may compromise the success of breastfeeding. If, from its earliest days, baby sucks the pacifier rather than the womb, milk production may not be launched properly, can cause the failure of breastfeeding.
2. At the dentition
For healthy teeth, it is advisable to avoid coating the pacifier with sugary foods such as syrup, so to avoid the occurrence of tooth decay (when the baby's first teeth come out).
Pacifier use for very long may also lead to problems of occlusion of the jaw. As the thumb, and support the thrust exerted by the object on the jaw may have an adverse effect. Children who regularly use pacifiers for a long time, or suck their thumbs are more often used than others in orthodontics.
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