When I was pregnant with my first child, I read article after article about how babies would get hooked on pacifiers. I read about moms who were desperate to figure out how to get their older babies to stop using their beloved pacifiers, how frequent pacifier use might cause delays in speech as well as [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, newborn, pacifier, pacifier rejection, soothing
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I remember my baby shower for my first daughter. I got the cute “safety” kit. It had a nail trimmers, a nasal aspirator and a medicine dropper. I felt like I could conquer the world with that kit. Then my child arrived. I was afraid to trim her nails lest I hurt her. That nasal [...]
Tags: Baby, bottle, child, flavored medicine, How to, infant, medicine, pacifier, pharmacy
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Recalled Due to Choking and Strangulation Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Flashing Pacifiers
Units: About 38,000
Importer: Top Goods Trading, of Temple City, Calif.
Hazard: [...]
Tags: China, flashing pacifier, pacifier, recall, Top Goods trading, unsafe baby products
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Babytown Pacifiers, which are distributed by Shim’s Bargain, and sold at Dollar Stores nationwide, have been recalled. The pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards and pose a choking hazard.
The recalled product was sold in a 4-pack of assorted colors. The model number of the product is #39864.
Consumers can return the product to [...]
Tags: dollar products, pacifier, recall
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Before my first baby was born I was warned several times by other parents about the dangers of pacifiers. “Don’t let your baby get addicted to pacifiers,” they would warn in hushed tones. “You don’t want your child to head to kindergarten sucking on a pacifier, do you?” I didn’t know much about [...]
Tags: habits, pacifier, SIDS
Posted in: Parenting, Toddlers
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