Babies don't just learn to suck when they are born. The sucking instinct is an innate reflex designed to ensure food intake and thus survival. Even in the womb, ultrasound images show that many babies suck their thumbs and fingers. However, early sucking is not only a practice for later breastfeeding. It also helps to calm, reduce stress and, last but not least, to entertain.
In the first weeks and months after birth, the baby's need to suck is at its strongest. Babies make a very clear distinction between feeding and "emotional cosmetics": sucking can help them fall asleep because it is quite exhausting.
The more a baby can satisfy its need to suck while drinking, the less it needs an additional thumb or pacifier. It is therefore ideal if a baby is breastfed on demand, i.e. is allowed to drink from the breast as often and for as long as it wants. Children who are not breastfed or only partially breastfed have a greater need to satisfy their sucking instinct outside of mealtimes than breastfed children. The reason for this is that they usually get full faster from the bottle and do not have enough time to suckle.
There is a wide choice of soothers available today. Above all, you should make sure that the pacifier has been produced without harmful plasticizers and dyes/plastics. For example, HEVEA soothers, which are made from 100% natural rubber.
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