The title that tops these lines seems a truism, but I have the impression that many parents do not seem to realize it.
We already have to be quite expert the elders to put a pacifier in our mouth and that we understand, with which you can imagine the difficulties that a child has to talk to the pacifier, when you are learning your first words.
The image of children who are calm with the pacifier hanging and to whom the parents put the pacifier does not cease to surprise me. I get the impression that they seal their mouths, when they don't seem to need the pacifier or to calm down. When babies are learning to speak, they need a clear mouth.
I have ever heard dads or moms commenting that their children still do not speak, and I do not mean that this is the reason, but sometimes you see those young children with the pacifier always in their mouths. Wouldn't it be easier for them to vocalize and syllable without the pacifier on?
I think that the pacifier can come in handy for specific occasions, so that the baby calms down, because it helps him relax and sleep ...
But if we keep the pacifier for those few occasions, We will encourage them to start speaking and also probably his dependence on the pacifier is not so great, which will be easier in the future to go to the background.
My oldest daughter took the pacifier much more than the little one, which we only offer to sleep (and has accepted it after several months showing clear preferences for the finger, if not, we would not have offered it). And although I have not observed differences in the beginning of speech, I have verified that you can be at home, playing or walking without the “pupo” so quietly.
You can't talk with the pacifier on, so let the children have their mouths free for their gurgling, laughter, syllables ... and their first words will soon arrive. They will arrive anyway, yes, but we make it easier.
