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⭐️ Pacifier SHAPE and the TIMELINE for weaning matter! 👋 Hi, I’m Jordyn: Speech-Language Pathologist, Feeding Therapist, and Mom. My goal is to educate parents on how to support their little one’s speech and feeding skills at home! 🥑 ⏰ Yes, it’s time to start weaning the pacifier around 6 months. Why? Because the suckling pattern that is reflexive at birth starts to integrate (or decrease) around 6 months, and babies start to volitionally (with purpose) suckle to eat from the breast or bottle,

Good Benefits of using a Pacifier Pacifiers satisfy an infant’s innate non-nutritive sucking reflex, which has a calming effect and helps regulate stress and self-soothing.. Clinical studies associate pacifier use during sleep with a reduced risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), possibly by improving airway patency and increasing arousal from sleep. Pacifiers can also aid sleep onset, reduce crying, and provide comfort without unnecessary feeding. Compared to thumb-sucking, pacifier use i