A pacifier is an artificial nipple for a baby to suck on. It can be used when they are not hungry.
This need for extra sucking is called non-nutritive sucking. Infants soothe themselves by sucking.
Babies vary on how much of this they need. Some need very little. The pacifier is also called a soother, dummy or binky.
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All babies are born with the need to suck. This is important because babies need the sucking reflex to eat and drink. Sucking for some babies also can have a soothing and calming effect. However, when
Thrush is a yeast infection of the mouth in young babies White patches in the front of the mouth are the hallmark Click here to download “Thumbs, Fingers, and Pacifiers – Thrush
Mild chronic infection of the skin fold next to the fingernail The medical name is chronic paronychia Click here to download “Thumbs, Fingers, and Pacifiers Fingernail Infection Yeast”
