Patient's question:
Please ask the expert doctor if using a pacifier has any impact on the baby. Please answer specifically, thank you!Doctor's answer:
From a physiological perspective, since babies are born with innate non-conditioned reflexes, such as the sucking reflex, these reflexes gradually disappear over time. If parents continuously give their babies a pacifier, it undoubtedly reinforces this reflex, leading to dependency over time. When babies continuously suck on pacifiers, air enters their mouths from both corners of their mouths along with their swallowing movements, eventually reaching their stomachs. When the stomach cannot accommodate the volume of milk and air, it contracts, causing spitting up in children.