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Many mothers think that their children will become addicted to using pacifiers, and it will be difficult to quit in the future! Therefore, it is resolute not to use a pacifier for children.
Other mothers think that the child is very quiet with a pacifier, and by the time the child is three or four years old, he is still using a pacifier.
Both types of mums are extreme, while pacifiers can be used, even recommended for children, but there is a time limit for use.
The use of pacifiers by children is good for physiological and psychological safety, and mothers should be clear
★ A pacifier can help ease your child's physiological need to suck
When the child reaches about three months, he begins to like to nibble his fingers, one is because the child is in the sensitive period of the mouth, to feel the world through the mouth, but there is another possibility that the child's sucking needs at this time are very strong, only 6 or 7 times a day to drink breast milk, there is no way to meet his needs, so he constantly wants to suck things, sucking fingers is one of the ways.
However, if the child's fingers are sucked for a long time, they will cause the fingers to deform, and they are also prone to bacteria.
At this time, using a pacifier instead is a very good method.
★ Pacifiers increase your child's safety in sleeping
Sudden infant death often occurs while your child is sleeping, and the American Paediatric Association recommends giving your child a pacifier before he goes to bed, which can reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome!
So the rational use of a pacifier can keep your child safe.
★ Pacifier relieves discomfort in your child's intestines
The child because of the amount of milk to drink more, the gastrointestinal tract is not very mature, there will be contradictions in the middle, resulting in the child is prone to gastrointestinal discomfort, such as indigestion, such as flatulence or even intestinal colic, etc., and when the child is uncomfortable, you need to use other things to divert his attention, and the pacifier is a good tool to divert the child's attention, when the child's gastrointestinal discomfort, sacrificing a pacifier can make his uncomfortable feeling lighter, can make the child less irritable!
★ A pacifier soothes your child's psyche
When the child is young, his emotions are more likely to be irritable, which is actually the child's emotional control ability is still relatively weak, at this time, if the child can have a pacifier, sucking can change the child's mood, which can make the child's mood more stable.
Therefore, it is necessary for children to use pacifiers when they are young. However, the time for the use of pacifiers is also prescribed, not too early or too late.
★ Pacifiers are used as long as possible after the full moon
The child is still learning how to suck breast milk before the full moon, and the child's capacity in the newborn period is relatively small, the amount of breast milk drunk each time is very small, so it needs to be sucked non-stop, drinking breast milk about 10 times a day, in addition to drinking breast milk, he has to sleep, so at this time it is not recommended to use a pacifier for the child, and the use of a pacifier for the child may interfere with the child's sucking of breast milk is not conducive to the smooth progress of breastfeeding.
★ The child starts weaning the pacifier around the age of two
After the full moon, you can give your child a pacifier, but by the time your child is about two years old, his sucking needs have faded a lot. Children can sleep more peacefully and safely at night. Children should focus on learning other new things, learning to talk, reading books, and playing with children, rather than indulging in sucking and pacifiers, so it is time to wean the pacifiers for children.
Weaning the pacifier for the child is a gradual thing, parents can make up a story of the pacifier fairy, tell the child that you have grown up, the pacifier fairy has accompanied you for such a long time, he has to go to other places to accompany other children, we will say goodbye to the pacifier fairy, you can put the child's pacifier away, let the child say goodbye to the pacifier, and officially let the child move towards independence.
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