![\"pacifier](\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/pacifier-vs.-thumb-sucking.png\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nPositives of Pacifier use:<\/h3>\n\n- Can be taken away from the child when parents are ready<\/li>\n
- Parents dictate when child is allowed to have pacifier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Negatives of Pacifier use:<\/h3>\n\n- Can be easily lost or forgotten<\/li>\n
- Early on parents are required to put pacifier in baby\u2019s mouth if it falls out<\/li>\n
- Early on parent dictates when child needs pacifier<\/li>\n
- Can interfere with establishment of early breastfeeding<\/li>\n
- Can be used to comfort when baby is tired, scared, hurt but baby will usually cry first to signal the need for the pacifier<\/li>\n
- Young babies often can\u2019t hold pacifier in so constantly spit it out unintentionally<\/li>\n
- You have to have many and buy new ones as pacifiers are lost or wear out<\/li>\n
- Can increase chances of ear infections<\/li>\n
- Can interfere with speech development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Positives of Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- \u00a0<\/span>Will (most likely) never get lost or forgotten<\/span><\/li>\n
- Child can access and use fingers as s\/he needs<\/li>\n
- Signals tiredness or other feelings (scared, hurt), often without crying<\/li>\n
- It\u2019s Free<\/li>\n
- Older child can only use one hand while sucking so tends to not suck while playing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Negatives of Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- Can not be taken away from child so habit may be harder to quit or last longer<\/span><\/li>\n
- Can cause chapping or blisters on skin or infections if sucking on an open cut\/sore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Plus, both Pacifiers and Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- Comforts baby and provides an outlet for normal sucking need<\/li>\n
- \u00a0<\/span>Can get dirty easily<\/span><\/li>\n
- Can cause tooth decay<\/li>\n
- Can cause misalignment of teeth with prolonged use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Something else to consider:<\/h3>\n\n- If a pacifier is taken away before a child is ready to give up the soothing sucking, s\/he may switch to thumb sucking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With this information, we decided the thumb sucking route would be best for our family.\u00a0 A few reasons pushed us this way, the strongest being the \u201closing\/forgetting it\u201d factor.\u00a0 The second was hearing other moms complaining of having to get up 7 or 8 times a night to put the pacifier back in baby\u2019s mouth, I like my sleep too much for that nonsense!\u00a0 I was also a thumb sucker myself until 5 or 6 years and had no issues with my teeth from thumb sucking.<\/p>\n
So, we let Honeybun\u00a0go at her thumb but she actually turned out to be a finger sucker (index and middle finger).\u00a0 She sucked her fingers whenever she was tired, hurt or scared until around the time we moved back to Florida.\u00a0 She had just had her 4th<\/sup> birthday and on a long drive to Orlando she fell asleep and I noticed she had not sucked her fingers.\u00a0 When she woke up I asked her about it and she told me \u201cmommy, I don\u2019t suck my fingers any more.\u201d\u00a0 No struggle, no frustration, just done.![\"h](\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/h-thumb-sucking.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSugarplum didn\u2019t show a sucking need until she was about 6 months old and wouldn\u2019t self sooth to go to sleep nor would she fall asleep nursing.\u00a0 She would have happily taken a pacifier and perhaps I should have given in and done it to save some stress and drama but it eventually worked out and we\u2019ve never had to worry about breaking the habit.<\/p>\n
Both of my boys were avid suckers at birth and I was sure they’d both take to thumb or fingers sucking but neither ever did. \u00a0Doodle’s favorite was\u00a0to chew on a burp rag.\u00a0 We put it over his hands and he brought\u00a0it to his mouth to soothe (and he still sleeps with a raggy draped over one shoulder). \u00a0But Pipsqueak just sticks with the boob for soothing and puts\u00a0everything<\/em> else in his mouth for chewing and eating fun.<\/p>\nWhere do you fall on the pacifier vs. thumb sucking debate? Which way did you prefer? What choice did you make for your little ones?<\/h4>\n
(I realize the\u00a0list seems a little skewed towards my personal opinion, but that was truly not my intention.\u00a0 I visited 20+ different websites seeking information and added everything I found.\u00a0 If you have any points I\u2019ve missed please let me know and I will gladly add them!)<\/em><\/p>\nPin the list!<\/a>![\"thumb](\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/thumb-sucking-vs.-pacifier.png\")
<\/a>it!<\/h3>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hubby and I are very avid researchers when it comes to making parenting decisions (really I\u2019m the researcher then sharer and we make a decision together).\u00a0 Some things were not every really discussed, just assumed like the fact that I would breastfeed.\u00a0 Other things we\u2019ve really had to consider the options and weigh the pros […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,9,535],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baby-business","category-breastfeeding","category-family-life","category-recently-updated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11322,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/11322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Negatives of Pacifier use:<\/h3>\n\n- Can be easily lost or forgotten<\/li>\n
- Early on parents are required to put pacifier in baby\u2019s mouth if it falls out<\/li>\n
- Early on parent dictates when child needs pacifier<\/li>\n
- Can interfere with establishment of early breastfeeding<\/li>\n
- Can be used to comfort when baby is tired, scared, hurt but baby will usually cry first to signal the need for the pacifier<\/li>\n
- Young babies often can\u2019t hold pacifier in so constantly spit it out unintentionally<\/li>\n
- You have to have many and buy new ones as pacifiers are lost or wear out<\/li>\n
- Can increase chances of ear infections<\/li>\n
- Can interfere with speech development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Positives of Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- \u00a0<\/span>Will (most likely) never get lost or forgotten<\/span><\/li>\n
- Child can access and use fingers as s\/he needs<\/li>\n
- Signals tiredness or other feelings (scared, hurt), often without crying<\/li>\n
- It\u2019s Free<\/li>\n
- Older child can only use one hand while sucking so tends to not suck while playing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Negatives of Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- Can not be taken away from child so habit may be harder to quit or last longer<\/span><\/li>\n
- Can cause chapping or blisters on skin or infections if sucking on an open cut\/sore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Plus, both Pacifiers and Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- Comforts baby and provides an outlet for normal sucking need<\/li>\n
- \u00a0<\/span>Can get dirty easily<\/span><\/li>\n
- Can cause tooth decay<\/li>\n
- Can cause misalignment of teeth with prolonged use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Something else to consider:<\/h3>\n\n- If a pacifier is taken away before a child is ready to give up the soothing sucking, s\/he may switch to thumb sucking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With this information, we decided the thumb sucking route would be best for our family.\u00a0 A few reasons pushed us this way, the strongest being the \u201closing\/forgetting it\u201d factor.\u00a0 The second was hearing other moms complaining of having to get up 7 or 8 times a night to put the pacifier back in baby\u2019s mouth, I like my sleep too much for that nonsense!\u00a0 I was also a thumb sucker myself until 5 or 6 years and had no issues with my teeth from thumb sucking.<\/p>\n
So, we let Honeybun\u00a0go at her thumb but she actually turned out to be a finger sucker (index and middle finger).\u00a0 She sucked her fingers whenever she was tired, hurt or scared until around the time we moved back to Florida.\u00a0 She had just had her 4th<\/sup> birthday and on a long drive to Orlando she fell asleep and I noticed she had not sucked her fingers.\u00a0 When she woke up I asked her about it and she told me \u201cmommy, I don\u2019t suck my fingers any more.\u201d\u00a0 No struggle, no frustration, just done.<\/a><\/p>\nSugarplum didn\u2019t show a sucking need until she was about 6 months old and wouldn\u2019t self sooth to go to sleep nor would she fall asleep nursing.\u00a0 She would have happily taken a pacifier and perhaps I should have given in and done it to save some stress and drama but it eventually worked out and we\u2019ve never had to worry about breaking the habit.<\/p>\n
Both of my boys were avid suckers at birth and I was sure they’d both take to thumb or fingers sucking but neither ever did. \u00a0Doodle’s favorite was\u00a0to chew on a burp rag.\u00a0 We put it over his hands and he brought\u00a0it to his mouth to soothe (and he still sleeps with a raggy draped over one shoulder). \u00a0But Pipsqueak just sticks with the boob for soothing and puts\u00a0everything<\/em> else in his mouth for chewing and eating fun.<\/p>\nWhere do you fall on the pacifier vs. thumb sucking debate? Which way did you prefer? What choice did you make for your little ones?<\/h4>\n
(I realize the\u00a0list seems a little skewed towards my personal opinion, but that was truly not my intention.\u00a0 I visited 20+ different websites seeking information and added everything I found.\u00a0 If you have any points I\u2019ve missed please let me know and I will gladly add them!)<\/em><\/p>\nPin the list!<\/a><\/a>it!<\/h3>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hubby and I are very avid researchers when it comes to making parenting decisions (really I\u2019m the researcher then sharer and we make a decision together).\u00a0 Some things were not every really discussed, just assumed like the fact that I would breastfeed.\u00a0 Other things we\u2019ve really had to consider the options and weigh the pros […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,9,535],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baby-business","category-breastfeeding","category-family-life","category-recently-updated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11322,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/11322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Positives of Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- \u00a0<\/span>Will (most likely) never get lost or forgotten<\/span><\/li>\n
- Child can access and use fingers as s\/he needs<\/li>\n
- Signals tiredness or other feelings (scared, hurt), often without crying<\/li>\n
- It\u2019s Free<\/li>\n
- Older child can only use one hand while sucking so tends to not suck while playing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Negatives of Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- Can not be taken away from child so habit may be harder to quit or last longer<\/span><\/li>\n
- Can cause chapping or blisters on skin or infections if sucking on an open cut\/sore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Plus, both Pacifiers and Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- Comforts baby and provides an outlet for normal sucking need<\/li>\n
- \u00a0<\/span>Can get dirty easily<\/span><\/li>\n
- Can cause tooth decay<\/li>\n
- Can cause misalignment of teeth with prolonged use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Something else to consider:<\/h3>\n\n- If a pacifier is taken away before a child is ready to give up the soothing sucking, s\/he may switch to thumb sucking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With this information, we decided the thumb sucking route would be best for our family.\u00a0 A few reasons pushed us this way, the strongest being the \u201closing\/forgetting it\u201d factor.\u00a0 The second was hearing other moms complaining of having to get up 7 or 8 times a night to put the pacifier back in baby\u2019s mouth, I like my sleep too much for that nonsense!\u00a0 I was also a thumb sucker myself until 5 or 6 years and had no issues with my teeth from thumb sucking.<\/p>\n
So, we let Honeybun\u00a0go at her thumb but she actually turned out to be a finger sucker (index and middle finger).\u00a0 She sucked her fingers whenever she was tired, hurt or scared until around the time we moved back to Florida.\u00a0 She had just had her 4th<\/sup> birthday and on a long drive to Orlando she fell asleep and I noticed she had not sucked her fingers.\u00a0 When she woke up I asked her about it and she told me \u201cmommy, I don\u2019t suck my fingers any more.\u201d\u00a0 No struggle, no frustration, just done.<\/a><\/p>\nSugarplum didn\u2019t show a sucking need until she was about 6 months old and wouldn\u2019t self sooth to go to sleep nor would she fall asleep nursing.\u00a0 She would have happily taken a pacifier and perhaps I should have given in and done it to save some stress and drama but it eventually worked out and we\u2019ve never had to worry about breaking the habit.<\/p>\n
Both of my boys were avid suckers at birth and I was sure they’d both take to thumb or fingers sucking but neither ever did. \u00a0Doodle’s favorite was\u00a0to chew on a burp rag.\u00a0 We put it over his hands and he brought\u00a0it to his mouth to soothe (and he still sleeps with a raggy draped over one shoulder). \u00a0But Pipsqueak just sticks with the boob for soothing and puts\u00a0everything<\/em> else in his mouth for chewing and eating fun.<\/p>\nWhere do you fall on the pacifier vs. thumb sucking debate? Which way did you prefer? What choice did you make for your little ones?<\/h4>\n
(I realize the\u00a0list seems a little skewed towards my personal opinion, but that was truly not my intention.\u00a0 I visited 20+ different websites seeking information and added everything I found.\u00a0 If you have any points I\u2019ve missed please let me know and I will gladly add them!)<\/em><\/p>\nPin the list!<\/a><\/a>it!<\/h3>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hubby and I are very avid researchers when it comes to making parenting decisions (really I\u2019m the researcher then sharer and we make a decision together).\u00a0 Some things were not every really discussed, just assumed like the fact that I would breastfeed.\u00a0 Other things we\u2019ve really had to consider the options and weigh the pros […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,9,535],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baby-business","category-breastfeeding","category-family-life","category-recently-updated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11322,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/11322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Negatives of Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- Can not be taken away from child so habit may be harder to quit or last longer<\/span><\/li>\n
- Can cause chapping or blisters on skin or infections if sucking on an open cut\/sore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Plus, both Pacifiers and Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- Comforts baby and provides an outlet for normal sucking need<\/li>\n
- \u00a0<\/span>Can get dirty easily<\/span><\/li>\n
- Can cause tooth decay<\/li>\n
- Can cause misalignment of teeth with prolonged use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Something else to consider:<\/h3>\n\n- If a pacifier is taken away before a child is ready to give up the soothing sucking, s\/he may switch to thumb sucking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With this information, we decided the thumb sucking route would be best for our family.\u00a0 A few reasons pushed us this way, the strongest being the \u201closing\/forgetting it\u201d factor.\u00a0 The second was hearing other moms complaining of having to get up 7 or 8 times a night to put the pacifier back in baby\u2019s mouth, I like my sleep too much for that nonsense!\u00a0 I was also a thumb sucker myself until 5 or 6 years and had no issues with my teeth from thumb sucking.<\/p>\n
So, we let Honeybun\u00a0go at her thumb but she actually turned out to be a finger sucker (index and middle finger).\u00a0 She sucked her fingers whenever she was tired, hurt or scared until around the time we moved back to Florida.\u00a0 She had just had her 4th<\/sup> birthday and on a long drive to Orlando she fell asleep and I noticed she had not sucked her fingers.\u00a0 When she woke up I asked her about it and she told me \u201cmommy, I don\u2019t suck my fingers any more.\u201d\u00a0 No struggle, no frustration, just done.<\/a><\/p>\nSugarplum didn\u2019t show a sucking need until she was about 6 months old and wouldn\u2019t self sooth to go to sleep nor would she fall asleep nursing.\u00a0 She would have happily taken a pacifier and perhaps I should have given in and done it to save some stress and drama but it eventually worked out and we\u2019ve never had to worry about breaking the habit.<\/p>\n
Both of my boys were avid suckers at birth and I was sure they’d both take to thumb or fingers sucking but neither ever did. \u00a0Doodle’s favorite was\u00a0to chew on a burp rag.\u00a0 We put it over his hands and he brought\u00a0it to his mouth to soothe (and he still sleeps with a raggy draped over one shoulder). \u00a0But Pipsqueak just sticks with the boob for soothing and puts\u00a0everything<\/em> else in his mouth for chewing and eating fun.<\/p>\nWhere do you fall on the pacifier vs. thumb sucking debate? Which way did you prefer? What choice did you make for your little ones?<\/h4>\n
(I realize the\u00a0list seems a little skewed towards my personal opinion, but that was truly not my intention.\u00a0 I visited 20+ different websites seeking information and added everything I found.\u00a0 If you have any points I\u2019ve missed please let me know and I will gladly add them!)<\/em><\/p>\nPin the list!<\/a><\/a>it!<\/h3>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hubby and I are very avid researchers when it comes to making parenting decisions (really I\u2019m the researcher then sharer and we make a decision together).\u00a0 Some things were not every really discussed, just assumed like the fact that I would breastfeed.\u00a0 Other things we\u2019ve really had to consider the options and weigh the pros […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,9,535],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baby-business","category-breastfeeding","category-family-life","category-recently-updated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11322,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/11322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Plus, both Pacifiers and Thumb Sucking:<\/h3>\n\n- Comforts baby and provides an outlet for normal sucking need<\/li>\n
- \u00a0<\/span>Can get dirty easily<\/span><\/li>\n
- Can cause tooth decay<\/li>\n
- Can cause misalignment of teeth with prolonged use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Something else to consider:<\/h3>\n\n- If a pacifier is taken away before a child is ready to give up the soothing sucking, s\/he may switch to thumb sucking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With this information, we decided the thumb sucking route would be best for our family.\u00a0 A few reasons pushed us this way, the strongest being the \u201closing\/forgetting it\u201d factor.\u00a0 The second was hearing other moms complaining of having to get up 7 or 8 times a night to put the pacifier back in baby\u2019s mouth, I like my sleep too much for that nonsense!\u00a0 I was also a thumb sucker myself until 5 or 6 years and had no issues with my teeth from thumb sucking.<\/p>\n
So, we let Honeybun\u00a0go at her thumb but she actually turned out to be a finger sucker (index and middle finger).\u00a0 She sucked her fingers whenever she was tired, hurt or scared until around the time we moved back to Florida.\u00a0 She had just had her 4th<\/sup> birthday and on a long drive to Orlando she fell asleep and I noticed she had not sucked her fingers.\u00a0 When she woke up I asked her about it and she told me \u201cmommy, I don\u2019t suck my fingers any more.\u201d\u00a0 No struggle, no frustration, just done.<\/a><\/p>\nSugarplum didn\u2019t show a sucking need until she was about 6 months old and wouldn\u2019t self sooth to go to sleep nor would she fall asleep nursing.\u00a0 She would have happily taken a pacifier and perhaps I should have given in and done it to save some stress and drama but it eventually worked out and we\u2019ve never had to worry about breaking the habit.<\/p>\n
Both of my boys were avid suckers at birth and I was sure they’d both take to thumb or fingers sucking but neither ever did. \u00a0Doodle’s favorite was\u00a0to chew on a burp rag.\u00a0 We put it over his hands and he brought\u00a0it to his mouth to soothe (and he still sleeps with a raggy draped over one shoulder). \u00a0But Pipsqueak just sticks with the boob for soothing and puts\u00a0everything<\/em> else in his mouth for chewing and eating fun.<\/p>\nWhere do you fall on the pacifier vs. thumb sucking debate? Which way did you prefer? What choice did you make for your little ones?<\/h4>\n
(I realize the\u00a0list seems a little skewed towards my personal opinion, but that was truly not my intention.\u00a0 I visited 20+ different websites seeking information and added everything I found.\u00a0 If you have any points I\u2019ve missed please let me know and I will gladly add them!)<\/em><\/p>\nPin the list!<\/a><\/a>it!<\/h3>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hubby and I are very avid researchers when it comes to making parenting decisions (really I\u2019m the researcher then sharer and we make a decision together).\u00a0 Some things were not every really discussed, just assumed like the fact that I would breastfeed.\u00a0 Other things we\u2019ve really had to consider the options and weigh the pros […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,9,535],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baby-business","category-breastfeeding","category-family-life","category-recently-updated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11322,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/11322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Something else to consider:<\/h3>\n\n- If a pacifier is taken away before a child is ready to give up the soothing sucking, s\/he may switch to thumb sucking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With this information, we decided the thumb sucking route would be best for our family.\u00a0 A few reasons pushed us this way, the strongest being the \u201closing\/forgetting it\u201d factor.\u00a0 The second was hearing other moms complaining of having to get up 7 or 8 times a night to put the pacifier back in baby\u2019s mouth, I like my sleep too much for that nonsense!\u00a0 I was also a thumb sucker myself until 5 or 6 years and had no issues with my teeth from thumb sucking.<\/p>\n
So, we let Honeybun\u00a0go at her thumb but she actually turned out to be a finger sucker (index and middle finger).\u00a0 She sucked her fingers whenever she was tired, hurt or scared until around the time we moved back to Florida.\u00a0 She had just had her 4th<\/sup> birthday and on a long drive to Orlando she fell asleep and I noticed she had not sucked her fingers.\u00a0 When she woke up I asked her about it and she told me \u201cmommy, I don\u2019t suck my fingers any more.\u201d\u00a0 No struggle, no frustration, just done.<\/a><\/p>\nSugarplum didn\u2019t show a sucking need until she was about 6 months old and wouldn\u2019t self sooth to go to sleep nor would she fall asleep nursing.\u00a0 She would have happily taken a pacifier and perhaps I should have given in and done it to save some stress and drama but it eventually worked out and we\u2019ve never had to worry about breaking the habit.<\/p>\n
Both of my boys were avid suckers at birth and I was sure they’d both take to thumb or fingers sucking but neither ever did. \u00a0Doodle’s favorite was\u00a0to chew on a burp rag.\u00a0 We put it over his hands and he brought\u00a0it to his mouth to soothe (and he still sleeps with a raggy draped over one shoulder). \u00a0But Pipsqueak just sticks with the boob for soothing and puts\u00a0everything<\/em> else in his mouth for chewing and eating fun.<\/p>\nWhere do you fall on the pacifier vs. thumb sucking debate? Which way did you prefer? What choice did you make for your little ones?<\/h4>\n
(I realize the\u00a0list seems a little skewed towards my personal opinion, but that was truly not my intention.\u00a0 I visited 20+ different websites seeking information and added everything I found.\u00a0 If you have any points I\u2019ve missed please let me know and I will gladly add them!)<\/em><\/p>\nPin the list!<\/a><\/a>it!<\/h3>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hubby and I are very avid researchers when it comes to making parenting decisions (really I\u2019m the researcher then sharer and we make a decision together).\u00a0 Some things were not every really discussed, just assumed like the fact that I would breastfeed.\u00a0 Other things we\u2019ve really had to consider the options and weigh the pros […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,9,535],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baby-business","category-breastfeeding","category-family-life","category-recently-updated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11322,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/11322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
With this information, we decided the thumb sucking route would be best for our family.\u00a0 A few reasons pushed us this way, the strongest being the \u201closing\/forgetting it\u201d factor.\u00a0 The second was hearing other moms complaining of having to get up 7 or 8 times a night to put the pacifier back in baby\u2019s mouth, I like my sleep too much for that nonsense!\u00a0 I was also a thumb sucker myself until 5 or 6 years and had no issues with my teeth from thumb sucking.<\/p>\n
So, we let Honeybun\u00a0go at her thumb but she actually turned out to be a finger sucker (index and middle finger).\u00a0 She sucked her fingers whenever she was tired, hurt or scared until around the time we moved back to Florida.\u00a0 She had just had her 4th<\/sup> birthday and on a long drive to Orlando she fell asleep and I noticed she had not sucked her fingers.\u00a0 When she woke up I asked her about it and she told me \u201cmommy, I don\u2019t suck my fingers any more.\u201d\u00a0 No struggle, no frustration, just done. Sugarplum didn\u2019t show a sucking need until she was about 6 months old and wouldn\u2019t self sooth to go to sleep nor would she fall asleep nursing.\u00a0 She would have happily taken a pacifier and perhaps I should have given in and done it to save some stress and drama but it eventually worked out and we\u2019ve never had to worry about breaking the habit.<\/p>\n Both of my boys were avid suckers at birth and I was sure they’d both take to thumb or fingers sucking but neither ever did. \u00a0Doodle’s favorite was\u00a0to chew on a burp rag.\u00a0 We put it over his hands and he brought\u00a0it to his mouth to soothe (and he still sleeps with a raggy draped over one shoulder). \u00a0But Pipsqueak just sticks with the boob for soothing and puts\u00a0everything<\/em> else in his mouth for chewing and eating fun.<\/p>\n (I realize the\u00a0list seems a little skewed towards my personal opinion, but that was truly not my intention.\u00a0 I visited 20+ different websites seeking information and added everything I found.\u00a0 If you have any points I\u2019ve missed please let me know and I will gladly add them!)<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hubby and I are very avid researchers when it comes to making parenting decisions (really I\u2019m the researcher then sharer and we make a decision together).\u00a0 Some things were not every really discussed, just assumed like the fact that I would breastfeed.\u00a0 Other things we\u2019ve really had to consider the options and weigh the pros […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,9,535],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baby-business","category-breastfeeding","category-family-life","category-recently-updated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11322,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/11322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\nWhere do you fall on the pacifier vs. thumb sucking debate? Which way did you prefer? What choice did you make for your little ones?<\/h4>\n
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