Is it safe? Is it true? Community groups. Home Baby Newborn Daily care and routine. When can I give my baby a dummy? It depends. If you're breastfeeding , it's a good idea to wait until your baby's at least four weeks old and you have both established a good breastfeeding routine. This is important because introducing dummies too soon may cause nipple confusion. Sucking a dummy is a very different action to breastfeeding. Swapping from one to the other may confuse your newborn, making breastfeeding more difficult.
However, some babies do seem to cope with both the dummy and the breast, so it can very much depend on your baby. When and how should you wean your baby off their dummy? An expert health visitor reveals her top tips.
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In Australia, the conservative approach advocates that while it is appropriate to not actively discourage the use of dummies, in light of the significant disadvantages, dummies are not to be encouraged as a risk reduction strategy. Instead, here are 6 ways to sleep your baby safely to avoid SIDS. Be prepared that it can be a hard habit to break. According to current recommendations, dummies should be discontinued between 6 months and 12 months to reduce the risk of ear infections otitis media and dental issues dental malocclusion.
Phasing it out by the end of the first year may require strategies such as activities, rewards, toys, or perhaps introducing a comforter. If you notice any of the following problems, it would be a good idea to remove the dummy, at least until the problem is resolved:.
These associations were not found for thumb sucking. The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly recommends weaning children from dummies in the second six months of life to prevent otitis media 7. Infants and children with chronic or recurrent otitis media should be restricted in their use of a dummy 8. Other potential disadvantages include accidents airway obstruction 47 , strangulation by the cord and eye injuries, and dental malocclusion 7,23, A meta-analysis examining dummy use and malocclusion concluded that a longer duration of dummy use was associated with increased incidence of malocclusion This review found adverse dental effects can be evident after two years of age, with the most significant malocclusions experienced by children who continued dummy sucking habits beyond 48 months of age.
Debate continues over dummy use as a strategy to reduce the risk of sudden infant death. Following a review of the evidence, the International Society for the Study and Prevention of Infant Death was unable to provide a definitive recommendation regarding the use of dummies as a specific SIDS risk reduction strategy Differences in recommendations made by different countries, agencies and researchers were acknowledged. Some countries, such as the United States and the Netherlands , 22 have actively encouraged dummy use as a SIDS risk reduction strategy while others, including Australia and New Zealand, have followed a more conservative approach This approach advocates that while it is appropriate to not actively discourage the use of dummies, in consideration of the significant disadvantages of dummy use, there is insufficient evidence to actively encourage dummy use as a risk reduction strategy ,7,23 at the present time.
There is however international consensus that dummy use is associated with several advantages and disadvantages that should be considered by parents in order for them to make informed choices about the use of dummies for their own infants The physiology of infant dummy use, non-use among routine users, and infant thumb-sucking deserves further research investigation 7.
If parents choose to use a dummy for their baby, evidence based advice needs to be provided, including the advantages and disadvantages of dummy use 1, If you observe any of the following problems, it would be a good idea to discontinue dummy use, at least until the problem is resolved:. The Red Nose Safe Sleeping program is based on scientific evidence and was developed by Australian SUDI researchers, paediatricians, pathologists, and child health experts with input from overseas experts in the field.
Red Nose. Information Statement: Using a dummy or pacifier. Melbourne, Red Nose. This information statement was first posted in December,
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