What are your thoughts on pacifiers?

[SyberBitch]

I know. Tough topic. Are binkys wrong all the time or are there times they're justified?

You do realize you will be HEAVILY mocked for this stuff, right?

Ah, what the hell.

I gave my son the hospital paci when he was just a day old, because he was starting to suck his thumb and I figured it was better to give him a paci than to have him suck his thumb.

He was never SUPER interested in the paci, but he did use it regularly for about a year, I guess. After that, he just kind of... started forgetting about it. He would find it in his toybox, pick it up and stick it in his mouth, then drop it and forget about it for a few days at a time. He's not had much interest in it for quite a while now, and I never really saw the harm.

I guess some kids get really hooked on them though.