A sucking reflex in a newborn is the most important, giving a guarantee for a normal life and development in new conditions. Every baby feels the need to get mother's milk and right after the birth he is ready for frequent and prolonged suckling of the mother's breast.
Unfortunately, adults do not always have the right idea about a baby's sucking reflex and do not know much about the benefits of using a nipple in newborns. They see in this reflex something independent, not related to the production of baby nutrition. Often, mom decides that the baby is full and, as a rest, offers him a breast replacement - a pacifier. Forgetting at the moment the truth that there is nothing for a baby better than a mother's breast. Breast milk is a miracle. For a newborn in it everything is peace and vitamins, food and medicine. Therefore, you need to do everything possible to ensure that the baby receives breast milk as long as possible.
And yet it is not possible to completely abandon the nipples of newborns and pacifiers. If the child is strongly overexcited, nervous and violently reacting to external stimuli, then to put him to sleep, you have to give him a pacifier. It will help to relax, calm down and the baby falls asleep.
In addition, premature babies are usually so weak that sucking on the mother's breast is beyond their power. In such cases it is appropriate to use bottles with a pacifier for feeding.
There are so-called "orthodontic" nipples in newborns. The shape of such nipples is diverse and each is designed to form the physiological process of sucking in infants with various anomalies in the development of the upper lip. At such nipples the mouthpiece is wide enough, which helps to densely adhere to the lips. A special nipple will not allow the baby to swallow air, and he will get rid of regurgitation and stomach problems.
For any mom is very important is the ability of a pacifier, as an opportunity to calm a baby. This is especially true if the child is on artificial feeding and can not receive the mother's breast on demand. Such babies are fed by the clock, and therefore, in the intervals between feeding, the dummy becomes an indispensable assistant for the mother.
So you can or can not give a baby dummy? We will answer this question in this way - sometimes it is possible, but we must remember that everything is fine in moderation. Of course, providing a maternal breast on demand for a baby is ideal, but there are life situations when it is simply impossible. For example - my mother drives a car, and the baby cries, pays for purchases at the ticket office, or is just busy with another child. In such cases, the dummy will help the toddler to suffer. With twins, it's not easy to cope and therefore, while mum understands with one child, the second can be taken as a pacifier.
Again, the chest is the best soothing, but imagine - a winter walk and the baby cries in the stroller. In this case, it is simply impossible to give the breast on demand, and the dummy will come to the rescue. There comes a moment and the child's teeth are chopped. The kid is restless, cries, bites, and my mother is already tired of rocking and singing lullabies - and again we give a pacifier. But remember, abusing the use of a dummy should not be.
Yes, the dummy is of some use, but doctors are always talking about its harm. For parents, a dummy, of course, makes life easier, but the consequences of its unlimited use can be quite unpleasant.
Soothers and nipples in newborns can harm a baby's health. They are made of natural latex, which includes substances that can cause allergies. In this regard, many manufacturers are moving to the production of nipples and pacifiers from silicone. And little is known about the effects on children of silicone products.
If the babies are constantly given a suck on the nipple, then they may have a sucking reflex down. After all, it is easier to suck milk from a bottle, so later the baby is capricious during breastfeeding and refuses it.
In addition, during sucking a baby, the child swallows a large amount of air. This leads to frequent eructations, bloating and to the appearance of intestinal colic. And dentists warn - prolonged sucking of a dummy causes the development of an incorrect bite in a child, i.e. use of the nipple harms the baby!
And, according to psychologists, the reason for the delay of mental development is often the nipple. The sucking reflex is strong enough for babies, and if sucking dummies lasts longer than prescribed, it hinders the development of speech and intelligence, and sometimes even reduces motor activity. After all, a child already by the year should have a certain stock of words and say the first words. And if there is a dummy in your mouth, then it will not work. Also important are the resulting problems with appearance. Maybe, as a consequence of sucking a dummy for a long time, underdevelopment of the upper or lower jaw. Therefore, it is necessary in time to wean children from a pacifier and a nipple. Now you know about the benefits of using the nipples in newborns and its shortcomings, let your baby easily part with the pacifier!