However, if the baby relies too much on pacifier, it is always kept in the mouth, especially when sleeping at night, it should be careful, which may lead to the occurrence of teeth later than normal, or the teeth grow irregularly, and two teeth overlap. In addition, it will also affect the oral development of the baby, cause maxillary and mandible deformity, and affect the beauty of the mouth and face. And baby sleep with a pacifier is also sucking, will swallow too much air, causing stomach air fullness, will increase the possibility of spitting milk, but also easy to cause abdominal pain.
Possible effects of pacifier misuse
1. Affecting breastfeeding
For a newborn baby, if the baby and the mother start to use the pacifier before they have established the habit of breastfeeding, it is likely to cause the confusion of the pacifier. For babies, the feeling of sucking mother's nipple is different from that of sucking nipple or bottle. Many studies have found that early use of artificial nipple for babies will reduce the possibility and duration of exclusive breastfeeding.
2. Affect the development of teeth
If the baby occasionally uses pacifier before one year old, it will not affect the development of his teeth. If the baby is very dependent on pacifier and always stays in the mouth, it is necessary to be careful of his teeth. The time of tooth emergence may be later than normal, or the teeth are uneven, and the two teeth overlap. So let the child use the pacifier correctly. Try not to use the pacifier after one year old. You can choose other comforts for him.
3. Affect oral development
Long term use of pacifier will cause the development of baby's upper and lower jaw to be easily affected, and it will also cause baby to form a high palatal arch, resulting in improper occlusion of upper and lower teeth, forming an unsightly lip appearance, which is not conducive to the normal development of baby's mouth, and may cause problems such as late teething and disordered tooth position.
4. Prone to overflow
When the pacifier is not used properly, it is easy to bring air into the mouth. Over time, the baby will develop this special way when breastfeeding. When sucking the pacifier constantly, the air will enter the mouth from the corners of both sides of the mouth with the swallowing action of the baby, and then into the stomach. When the stomach cannot bear the capacity of milk and air, it will contract, causing the baby to overflow.
5. Easy to suffer from otitis media
If a child puts a pacifier with bacteria in his mouth, the bacteria will run rampant in his body and cause inflammation, which is also easy to suffer from otitis media. If you want your child to get rid of the interference of these bacteria and keep away from diseases, you should clean his pacifier every day, and pay attention to avoid your baby sharing a pacifier and other pacifier toys with other babies, so as to block the possibility of transmitting bacteria between them.
6. Prone to abdominal pain
The baby constantly sucks the milk, its gastrointestinal tract also follows the peristalsis conditionally, frequent peristalsis is easy to cause the baby to have intestinal spasm, causing abdominal pain.