Weaning little ones off pacifiers or thumb/finger-sucking is a common concern for many parents. Every child reaches milestones at their own pace, so the right timing for breaking these hard-set habits ...

Parents need to be conscious of when to begin weaning their kids from these devices, otherwise their kids may encounter health problems When you become a parent, you find out that everyone seems to ...

Pacifiers, soothers, binkies: some people love ‘em, some people avoid ‘em completely. But in my house? We called them pacies and they. were. awesome. Well, they were awesome until they really, really ...

(CNN) — Every night, Lauren Finney Harden and her husband would awaken to the cries of their first-born daughter, and a routine game of “paci pong” — where each parent takes turns retrieving the ...

Our daughter's first attempt at a "word" was not mama or dada, rather it was "baba" her name for her beloved pacifier. Our daughter’s first attempt at a “word” was not mama or dada, rather it was ...

CHICAGO Parents need not fear that using a pacifier to soothe a fussing infant will lead to premature weaning from breast-feeding, though rocking the baby may have the same calming effect, Reuters ...