Toddlers are less likely to have asthma and itchy rashes if their parents "cleaned" their pacifiers by sucking on them when the kids were infants, a small new study suggests. The findings don't prove ...

Pacifiers can be a powerful soothing tool in infancy. But when comfort stretches into the toddler and preschool years, it can quietly create new problems. Pediatrian Cindy Gellner, MD, walks parents ...

To protect a baby against future allergies, parents may want to consider sucking on their kid's pacifier. New research finds kids whose parents "cleaned" their child's pacifier by sucking it were less ...

Pacifiers are right up there with diapers as baby essentials. Pacifiers are designed to calm fussy babies — as well as parents’ nerves. Babies have a strong sucking reflex, and popping a pacifier in ...

SEATTLE -- Some moms or dads would think nothing of "cleaning" their baby's pacifier after it has fallen on the floor by popping it into their own mouths, while others would be horrified by the idea.

Years ago, when my children (now teenagers) were babies and they dropped a pacifier on the floor, we rinsed it with tap water before putting it back in their mouth. As a parent and as an infectious ...

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 ...