Pacifers

[Evansmom]

I have a little girl here who will be 3 in a few weeks and her parents still let her have a pacifier at home, in the car and at night time.

I took it away a long time ago and they just are amazed that she allowed me to do that. Uh, she didn't "allow" me. I said it was high time for that thing to go! She manipulates her parents big time I guess.

[daysofelijah]

I let them have them whenever they want until 12 months. Then I only let them have it for nap until about 16-18 months when I move them to a mat. I like pacis. Two of my kids had them until 2.5, I was sad my 2nd ds wouldn't take one at all. He was such a happy baby he just didn't need one.

[Unregistered]

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

AAP guidelines suggest offering pacifiers to infants at the onset of sleep to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).6 The guidelines recommend not introducing pacifiers to breastfeeding infants until one month of age because later onset of pacifier use appears to have fewer negative effects on breastfeeding.21 Pacifiers should not be forced on the infant or reinserted during sleep if the infant spits it out. The exact mechanism of benefit for reducing rates of SIDS is not fully understood, but pacifier use may decrease the likelihood of rolling into the prone position, increase arousal, maintain airway patency, decrease gastroesophageal reflux and resultant sleep apnea, or increase respiratory drive with carbon dioxide retention.22 A meta-analysis22 of seven case-control studies demonstrated a strong association between pacifier use and a reduction in the risk of SIDS, estimating a number needed to treat of 2,733.

AAFP/AAP joint guidelines recommend reducing or stopping pacifier use in the second six months of life to reduce the risk of otitis media.

My kid has never had one ear infection and had a paci until 18 months so the last part is completely meaningless to me. And seriously who is going to force a paci into a kids mouth to keep him sleeping if they spit it out? Sometimes the obvious is better left unsaid.

[DancingQueen]

Newborn babies can have them - but once they start moving around they are only for bed time and I won't stop using them at bedtime until parents do.

I refuse to allow them to walk around with the kid - another kid is just gonna end up with or it will be lost etc. NOT dealing with it.

Parents must provide and leave one here. I only need one since it stays in the bed.

I put it in the dishwasher every Friday (more often if they are sick).

[boysx5]

if the parent lets them have them thats fine nobody told me how to parent I won't tell them.

[DancingQueen]

I have no problem with paci's if parents use them and they want me to use them - but I won't allow them to travel within my house. for the same reason I don't allow toys - it is going to get lost, picked up by someone else, start a fight, broken or all of the above (and then there is the sharing/germ factor)
So they stay in the pnp once that kid is mobile
AND leaving one at your house (rather than going back and forth) will eliminate parents giving it to their kid while still in your care. Yours is for the pnp they will have their own in their car or whatever. But there isn't one you have to hand over to mom and dad or having their bag - so they can't quickly shove it in kids mouth.

I really don't care what parents do as far as paci's go.

[cheerfuldom]

I do the same thing (wean down to nap time only). There is nothing you can do about the parents doing that though. I have a 2.5 year old that comes with a paci and leaves with one every day. Her mom knows she goes all day here without it but its just easier for them to treat her like a baby than (horror of horrors) say no to her.