Are you worried about your child's pacifier or thumb habit? My three-part series about non-nutritive sucking habits should give you more answers.

Timestamps:
0:00 Pacifier habit or thumb sucking - when to wean
0:42 Why children suck their thumb or pacifier
1:12 What is the problem with a sucking habit?
1:27 What happens to the jaws and teeth with a persistent habit
2:49 Should we be concerned about jaw or tooth position changes?
3:15 If a child stops a habit by their third birthday, that’s usually enough
3:29 What impacts the degree of change to tooth and bite positions
4:08 Pacifier use is a protective factor against SIDS and so GOOD in year 1
4:25 Try to wean to sleep time only use around ten months of age
5:00 My SLP or pediatrician recommended weaning earlier than age 3
5:54 Caution with weaning before age 3 if the child is very attached: substitution

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