The pacifier can be a wonderful thing: It can soothe a fussy baby, help them fall asleep, or offer a temporary distraction. Plus, once breastfeeding is established, the American Academy of Pediatrics ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Comeback Images/Shutterstock Weaning little ones off pacifiers or thumb/finger-sucking is a common concern for many parents. Every ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. parents who has struggled, according to a May 19 poll conducted by the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Out of 820 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

A mom has shared her spin on the ‘Binky Fairy’ idea to get her toddler to give up her pacifier once and for all. Instead of the usual present or toy to replace the popular soothers, the mom asks her ...

Contrary to a concern held by many pediatricians, the use of pacifiers does not cause infants to stop breast-feeding early, according to research released Tuesday. Based on studies that suggested a ...