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For Anyone That’s Ever Dropped a Pacifier in a Public Bathroom
My babies have all used pacifiers at one point or another. For two of them, it was a temporary thing until they found the joys of sucking on their thumbs. For two others, it was a habit that lasted into toddlerhood.
June is 3 1/2 months old and I can’t tell yet whether or not the pacifier is going to be a keeper. If it is, I think I’ll invest in some pretty pacifier clips — like these beaded options from Whipperberry. Chasing dropped pacifiers is not a fun way to pass the time.
What about you? Does your baby take a pacifier? What do you call it — a paci? a bink? I heard in Germany, they call them schmoolas.
P.S. — Whipperberry also makes carseat sunshades that double as baby blankets.
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Top 6 Personalized Baby Gifts | Family Style commented on Oct 05 10 at 3:46 pmHolly commented on Aug 27 10 at 10:49 amMy daughter is almost 1 1/2 yrs. now and has never been interested in her pacifiers. She doesn’t suck her thumb either. There are a good handful of people in my family that never sucked their thumb for some reason or another.
Headmaster's Wife commented on Aug 27 10 at 3:51 pmMy children both had ‘dummies’ as we call them in the UK and they were a huge help to calm and send them off to sleep peacefully. These beaded pacifier clips do look lovely, but I can’t help wonder if they pose a hazard to little babes, especially as the clip is metal and the beads look very small. But then again I may just be an over anxious mummy! Have you checked out a ribbon clip or a wooden clip with bigger beads?
Or this gorgeous one by Anne-Claire… http://www.childrensalon.com/product_info.php?cPath=104_3748&products_id=9091
Check out the complete range at… http://www.anneclairepetit.nl/ …my children love the crochet monkeys!
Melanie commented on Aug 29 10 at 9:04 pm“schmoolas”? LOL, it’s Schnuller! http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnuller
I don’t know how to spell it, but we usually called them Schnullies. (I think that spelling is an example of my Germlish.)
Betty commented on Aug 30 10 at 12:47 pmI had issues with my son sucking his thumb all the time, but he cried so hard when I pull his thumb out of his mouth. All he loves to do is suck his thumb. We’ve put all these things on his chemicals and home remedies…but no success.
I then just thought I would give up; I figured he isn’t hurting anyone and that was his security blanked. Then I asked his doctor about it and he told me all the bad things that can happen as far as his teeth are concerned & its stops your chin development!
He told me to look at adults with no chin form and that most likely means they sucked the them…
So I searched online and found these pair of gloves…he loved wearing them & after a couple of months he has stopped sucking his thumb!
Here is the site in case anyone else is looking
Stop Thumb Sucking | How
to Stop Thumb Sucking | Thumbsucker
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Fenke commented on Sep 03 10 at 11:17 amhihi, i think the german word you mean is “schnuller”. the official term is “beruhigungssauger” (literally translates to pacifying sucker)- which is obviously too long and too german to actually use it. so yes, schnuller is very commonly used :-)
oh, and somebody already mentionend that…
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