For many parents, pacifiers are a baby essential, helping their little ones calm down, self-soothe and sleep better. But have ...

Breaking the habit won’t be fun for anyone. But following a few tips — starting with keeping calm and consistent — will make the process smoother. Credit...Getty Images Supported by By Anna ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- If your child's pacifier falls on the floor, what should you do? Conventional wisdom has long been to clean the pacifier with soap and water before giving it back. But CBS 2's ...

Consumer Reports tested 20 pacifiers for choking hazards, harmful chemicals and durability, and they spoke with safety ...

My daughter used her pacifier until she was 3 and a half years old, and it seems everyone from her teachers to strangers on the street had an unsolicited opinion on it. Some people even went as far as ...

Pacifiers, like diapers and onesies, are a staple on every new parent’s checklist, ready and waiting when baby comes home. We parents rely on pacifiers to help our babies self-soothe and sleep more ...

As with most things related to newborns, using a pacifier can come with pluses and minuses. If your newborn is taking one (some don’t!), it’s probably their favorite go-to accessory. And while ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. 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 ...

Purdue research is developing a cutting-edge “smart pacifier” that uses sound to help hospital neonatal units overcome the daily task of detecting potential breathing complications in newborn or ...

Like lots of newborns, my son cried – a lot. To my first-time-mom ears, it felt like he was wailing every waking moment. In desperation late one night, I called a cousin who was a pediatric nurse for ...

You see it there? It’s real. There is no question of whether or not Justin Bieber has been using a pacifier lately. (And, in fact, there are other photos to corroborate.) The question then is that ...