Pacifier
Current as of: December 12, 2018
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Susan C. Kim, MD – Pediatrics & Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine & John Pope, MD, MPH – Pediatrics
A pacifier is a plastic or rubber device for a baby to chew or suck on. Babies often need to suck for satisfaction rather than for food. Most babies don’t need as much sucking time by about 6 months of age. It’s pretty easy to take the pacifier away from your baby at that age, before your baby gets too accustomed to…