Pacifiers negatively affect baby boys, but not girls?

[phylny]

10. Interesting research.

I'm a speech-language pathologist, and I'm against pacifiers used during the day. Night time is a bit different (at night, for infants, the American Academy of Pediatrics states they help prevent SIDS, so I never tell a parent NOT to give a baby a pacifier at night if they so choose.)

When I assess a child, I ask about pacifier use, and I'm generally told, "He only uses it when he sleeps." Invariably, I'll see the parent and kid at the store, or arrive for an early intervention visit, and there it is, smack in the middle of his mouth. Then, they can't get the kid off the pacifier because, "He just keeps finding more in the house! I can't believe that he can keep finding them all over the house."

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