{"id":1557,"date":"2019-09-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.angelakisd.gr\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2019-09-10T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T11:00:00","slug":"when-should-my-baby-stop-using-a-pacifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/when-should-my-baby-stop-using-a-pacifier\/","title":{"rendered":"When Should My Baby Stop Using A Pacifier?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians recommend limiting or stopping pacifier use after 6 months to reduce the risk of ear infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The use of pacifiers is associated with an increase in ear infections, especially between the ages of 2 and 3. But this is not an inviolable rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many children use a pacifier even in preschool, and usually stop on their own between the ages of 2 and 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if your child shows no signs of stopping, they may eventually need the help of a dentist to wean off the pacifier when they are about 3 or 4 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prolonged use of a pacifier can cause orthodontic abnormalities in your child\u2019s upper teeth, ie they can lean forward and require orthodontic treatment later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1d67a1\"><strong><strong>Dr. Penny Mitilineou<br><\/strong>\u03a7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c2 \u039f\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2Dental Surgeon<br>Specialization in Orthodontics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns_e1cef1-82\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians recommend limiting or stopping pacifier use after 6 months to reduce the risk of ear infections. The use&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orthodontics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}