pacifier

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The software records data as an infant sucks on the pacifier and compares that data with information from other infants.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

As a counterpoint, Tiny alleged in the footage that that’s where King was allowed to use a pacifier until he was 12.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

About a third of the kiddos in most classes at the two Seattle area high schools where I teach have just checked out and use them as a pacifier.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

She called herself a "human pacifier" and reluctantly started co-sleeping before realizing she needed to make changes before going back to work.

From Salon • May 12, 2023

Hector sucks hard on his pacifier as he watches Bryce and Aurora launch their plastic battlebots into the blanket “volcano.”

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden