12/08/2025
Most parents are told to avoid pacifiers… long before anyone explains how newborns actually develop. 🤍👶
Here’s what we *do* know: rhythmic sucking is one of the earliest ways a baby organizes their nervous system. 🧠💫
It supports regulation, airway stability, digestion, and the foundation for future feeding skills. 🫁🍼✨
And a quick myth-buster: 🚨
**Sometimes a baby’s “dislike” of a pacifier isn’t a preference — it’s information.** 🧐
Most newborns have a reflexive drive to suck, so when a baby *can’t* latch to an appropriately shaped pacifier or seems distressed by it, that can be an **oral motor red flag** worth noticing. 🚩👄
Not a reason to panic — just a helpful screening clue. 🤝💛
It may point to tension, tongue posture issues, weak/uncoordinated suck, or a system that’s working harder than it should. 👅⚡️🧩
At B.well tots, we look beyond “yes or no” advice and focus on what’s happening underneath: 🔍
tongue posture, suck bursts, reflex integration, neck range of motion, and how your baby’s whole system is learning to work together. 👶🧠🫶
Pacifier use isn’t about right or wrong. 🙅♀️✅
It’s about whether it supports your baby’s development in the way their body is built to grow — **and what it may be revealing when it *doesn’t*.** 🌱🍼✨
If you want help understanding what your baby’s suck pattern is showing us — comment **“SUPPORT.”** 💬👇
You don’t have to navigate this alone. 💛
