As parents we worry about everything with our newborns and that’s perfectly natural – we want the best for them. Some parents are concerned about the use a dummy or pacifier and will it affect their baby’s teeth and bite.
It is normal for infants to have a sucking desire to age 2 which reduces over time and most toddlers stop by age 4. However, sucking a dummy is a much better habit to have than sucking a finger or thumb as it is MUCH easier to stop the dummy sucking habit later. So by age 2 you can consider trying to wean you’re child off a pacifier. Never coat a pacifier in honey or other sweet substances as this will cause rapid and painful decay in your infant.
If you would like to know more, then Dr Miles explains this in more detail in this video.
