Parents don’t agree when or how their child should stop using a pacifier and sucking their thumb, according to a new poll.

A parent who sucks on a baby’s pacifier to clean it is loading it up with hundreds of good types of bacteria that live in the adult mouth. That bacteria is transferred via the pacifier to the ...

Jack happily gave up his binkies on Christmas Eve, setting them out next to homemade cookies and milk in a ... share their stories of ousting the pacifier for good: 1. Send it on an airplane ...

Pacifiers aren't just for soothing colicky babies anymore. A new study has found that use of a pacifier during sleep reduced the chances of a baby suffering from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS ...

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.

Discouraging a child’s pacifier or thumb sucking habits is not ... that reminds you of your childhood, you want to bake cookies or curl up with a soft blanket into the fetal position, this ...