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 ...

Mothers may get funny looks for picking a baby's dummy up off the dirty ground and popping it in their own mouth to clean it. But germophobe parents who would rather sterilise their child's pacifier ...

Dummies, pacifiers, soothers - whatever you call them they all do the same job and they all split parents’ opinions. Some mums and dads never give their baby a dummy, while some swear by them to help ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Two types of baby dummy have been recalled after putting infants at risk of choking. The Baby Joy Orthodontic Pacifiers Soft Natural ...

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 ...

Q: WHEN my baby drops her dummy on the floor, I pick it up and suck it before I give it back to her. Could me sucking the dummy make her ill, or is it an acceptable thing for a parent to do? A: Dr ...

Parents who suck their child’s dummy to clean it could be giving them untold health benefits, scientists have revealed. Most germophobes would grimace at the sight of parents picking up dirty dummies ...