Contrary to outdated opinion that the dummy forms the wrong bite and results in speech defects, many parents nevertheless include this simple subject for a children's consolation in the newborn's dowry. In each specialized children's shop, in any pharmacy a huge variety of forms, the sizes and coloring of dummies is pleasing to the parental eye. How not to get confused in such rich assortment and it is correct to choose a dummy for the kid?
Instruction
1. It is necessary to choose a dummy according to age of the kid. Modern dummies are divided into models from the birth to three, from three to six months, of half a year about one year and are more senior. Naturally, mom or dad need to choose a dummy of that age category to which their tot belongs.
2. The form of modern dummies can be various too. There are models the round, similar to cherry, oval, reminding a droplet, and orthodontic, having thin curved neck and a slanted tip. The form of an orthodontic dummy reminds a shape of a maternal nipple at the time of feeding. In spite of the fact that use of orthodontic dummies is aimed at the correct development of milk teeth of the child, their advantage before traditional still by whom it is not proved.
3. There are three materials used for production of modern dummies: rubber, latex and silicone. Rubber dummies meet already pretty seldom. And here latex and silicone enjoy identical popularity. Silicone dummies stronger and are more durable latex, they are less subject to deformation. It is desirable to use them before emergence in the kid of the first teeth. It is necessary to change such dummies once a month, despite the lack of visible damages. Latex dummies are much softer and more elastic than silicone. It is recommended to use them after emergence in the child of the first teeth. Usually latex dummies succeed silicone. It is necessary to change them each two weeks.
4. Except all this, when choosing a dummy it is necessary to examine it carefully. Presence on a dummy of cracks and bubbles says that it will hardly sustain boiling and will quickly become useless.
5. The dummy for the kid needs to be chosen such that in its basis surely there was a valve for an air conclusion.
6. The size of a restrictive ringlet of a dummy also plays an important role at its choice. The ring should not be too big, you should not assume that it rested to the kid against a nose.