About half of children have used a pacifier; strategies to reduce pacifier use or thumb-sucking range from hiding pacis to using deterrents like hot sauce Pacifiers and thumb-sucking can help soothe ...

In a video that shows a preschool or kindergarten-aged kid expertly riding a scooter through a busy sidewalk, what people can’t stop pointing out is the pacifier in his mouth as he does it. The thing ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Experts say that using a pacifier may help reduce your baby’s risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). But that doesn’t mean those binkies are risk-free. In fact, a viral post on Facebook is ...

Pacifiers may spark debate among parents, but a new poll shows they remain a go-to tool for helping young children self-soothe. More than half of parents say their child currently or previously used a ...

Pacifiers and thumb-sucking can help soothe babies and ease them to sleep but some parents struggle with knowing when and how to stop these habits, a new national poll suggests. About half of parents ...