Does pacifier use delay speech?
⚡ Short answer: Excessive and continuous pacifier use, especially after age 2, can affect speech development.
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bir anne · Sleep
My child uses a pacifier frequently throughout the day. Can keeping it in their mouth too much negatively affect their speech?
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Excessive and continuous pacifier use, especially after age 2, can affect speech development. There are two main reasons: First, with the pacifier in their mouth, your child physically can't babble, imitate, and practice sounds—the preliminary practices that prepare them for speech. Second, with the pacifier in, they interact less with their environment through eye contact and facial expressions, which narrows the emotional and social moments that nurture language.
The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) generally recommends using the pacifier only at sleep time after 6 months and weaning off by around age 2. If your baby is under 6 months, pacifier use is evaluated differently because it reduces the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome during sleep.
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