Which is of a lesser evil? thumb sucking or sucking on pacificer? my son (3mths old) has a tendency to suck his thumbs.. so whenever he does so, I will let him suck on the pacificer instead..

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Lesser evil definitely would be sucking on pacifier. My mum’s friend told me something which i think is really very true la. If baby is used to sucking on pacifier, you can just throw the pacifier when they are older. There might cry and whine for awhile, but they will get used to it without the pacifier too. But if baby gets used to sucking on the thumb, there’s no way you can get them to kick the habit when you want. You can’t possibly cut away their thumb

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