• Pacifier use increases the risk of ear infections.
• Pacifier use causes buck teeth or other dental abnormalities.
• Pacifier use inhibits evolving social development.
• Pacifier use is unsanitary.
• Pacifier use hinders language development and can cause a lisp.
• Pacifier use delays potty training.
• Pacifier use beyond infancy hinders the development of self-soothing and stress-management techniques.
• Pacifier use paves the road for future addictive behaviors such as smoking or eating disorders.
• PACIFIER USE IS A SIGN OF POOR PARENTING!!!!  Or is it???

To wean, or not to wean: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous sideways glances from other parents,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles that will come when I deprive Vivi of her Precious Paci. . .

It’s no mystery that Vivi loves her binkie, and to this point, I haven’t been able to bite the bullet and make her part with something that she seems to still need, especially with a new baby brother on the way who will turn her world upside down.

Aagh! Why don’t kids each come with their own personalized instruction manual???