A designer has created what some might think to be the perfect dummy for Princess Charlotte (all children want to suck on something that looks like their great-grandmother, right?). Kazuki Guzmán, a ...

Pacifier. Dummy. Soothie. Jar Jar Binky. Call them whatever you want, the rubber / plastic / silicone nipple substitutes are making a comeback. And they’re not just for toddlers anymore. The latest ...

Preterm infants are at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Use of a dummy/pacifier is thought to be protective against SIDS; accordingly, we assessed the effects of dummy/pacifier ...

Dummies are likely to interfere with parents’ ability to interpret and respond to a baby’s happiness or distress, according to a study. Women looking at images of smiling babies with dummies rated the ...

September 8, 2008 Have you even seen a baby spit their pacifier out? Have you then seen the parent pick the dummy up, wipe it on their sleeve, or worse, put it in their own mouth and then pop it back ...

It’s a high-tech tool that could transform how doctors monitor breathing problems in babies. Respiratory diseases are among the leading causes of infant hospitalization, but typical monitoring devices ...

That’s it, I’m spitting the dummy for parents who can’t make the ‘tough’ choice to get rid of it. I can’t help but think back to a recent occasion I was at my local shopping centre when I saw a ...

Tanith Carey has written a great piece commenting on the picture of Coleen Rooney’s three-year-old toddler Kai – he’s sat with a dummy in his mouth playing on an iPad while on holiday But while I ...

The dummy tree in Floda has been popular for three decades. Photo: Sandra Hjerling The Swedish woman who claims to have started the world’s first pacifier (or dummy) tree more than 30-years-ago is ...