Could sucking on your baby’s pacifier reduce their risk of developing asthma and allergies? According to a new study, it just might. In a study released Friday by the Henry Ford Health System in ...

As a woman without kids, I gag at the thought of a parent sticking their child’s pacifier into their own mouth to clean it. But a new study has found there’s actual health-promoting merit to the ...

(Reuters Health) - Parents who pop a pacifier into their mouth to clean it, rather than washing it with soap and water, may be unknowingly reducing their infant's risk of allergies, new research ...

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TODAY Parenting Team contributors Amanda Mushro and Meena Duerson show Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager ingenious hacks for busy moms, like attaching a hook to your high chair to keep bibs always handy; ...

New research suggests a link between parental sucking on a pacifier and a lower allergic response among young children. If the thought of sucking your baby's pacifier to clean it and then popping it ...

Can parents pass healthy bacteria to their babies by sucking on their pacifiers? New research suggests that parents who cleaned their babies’ pacifiers by sucking on it actually helps their children ...

SEATTLE — Licking a pacifier to clean it before giving it to your child might help prevent allergies, according to research presented here at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2018 ...

The majority of new parents polled in a recent survey agree they constantly fret about their infant’s potential exposure to germs and “dirty” things – especially when babies drop or throw things on ...

If there’s one baby product that’s tough to keep clean, it’s a pacifier. Regardless of how hard you try, they’re dropped, tossed and lost just about everywhere! To help with cleaning on-the-go (and at ...

SANFORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- Pacifiers can be a safe tool to help soothe your crying or teething baby, but a Sanford mom says she never thought her son's pacifiers could be dangerous. Kacie McFadden said ...