to think that if your child

[TyraG]

is 3, 4 or 5 they don't need to be sucking on a pacifier?

I can't believe the number of kids I have seen in that age range that have pacifiers. It's absolutely ridiculous.

I took DS to school this morning (Reception - he's 4) and while he was going into his classroom a boy about his age passed us (in a school uniform) with a pacifier in his mouth. I was dumbfounded.

Is this common here?

YANBU about the dummies - it's weird for children that age to have them.

YABU letting it bug you to the point of putting a thread on here - basically, if you come on AIBU with any kind of pet hate that really doesn't involve you or have any impact on your life, you're going to get flamed!

There are some that are in buggies for health reasons, but there are also some who are in buggies because it is easier for the parents, same as a dummy.

Makes for a quieter life to let them have it.

Have raised two myself so know exactly what it's like and how gruelling it is to get a child off a dummy.

A child that was in my sons year at school had one til he was 7, he is 20 now and his speech is still not right.

He talks out of the sides of his mouth and doesnt say S or T sounds, they come from his cheeks, not his tongue. Its really hard to describe the sound, but rather than "Essss" he will say "ehshschchhh" kind of!

Each to their own, but that made such an impact on me, seeing him at 7 with one and unable to talk properly that my other children have either not had them, or I have cruelly snatched them away at no older than a year! The DS that was at school with him did have on til aged 2 and a bit.

[wanders into thread, spots the 'hun' and jumps on chair screaming]

Fabbychic my ds aged 6 at the time often used to sit in the buggy whilst his little brother aged nearly 2 tootled alongside .......we didnt know until 7 years later when ds2 was far worse that ds2 had CFS.

Dont be so judgy.

i still suck my thumb. i'm never going to get a medal.

You should try chewing gum instead of sucking your thumb

oral fixation. a freudian thingamyjig.

ohhh ok are we not discussing your 'moment' then ? .

[bsmile] just found these [bgrin] [bsmile][bwink]

love this [bbiscuit]

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Aven't seen any adults walking about wivvum lately, therefore, yabu

Kingfupanda

I cannot believe someone had one until they were seven

yabu even if i don't particularly like it myself

mind you, i didn't mind seeing my own dd with one... she looked adorable

DD (3) has one for bed so YABU

Seriously tho i think school age children should be dummy free. DD has hers for bedtime and nap time only.

Dont get worked up about it, there are worst things in the world.

Okay I probably should have worded my post differently, I didn't realise it came across as being so nasty. And I probably shouldn't have used the word ridiculous, I suppose weird would have sufficed.

I just think it's odd for a child that old to have one mostly because you don't see it in the US very often. That is why I asked if it is common here. I've been here since November so I think the "new in town" still does apply to me as I'm still acclimating myself to all the differences I'm finding.

I sometimes look at the odd reception child going in to school with a dummy. My first child never used a dummy (though she used me for first 17mo or so!), so I thought it odd, but now my 2nd child does... I have no idea how to get him to stop (though he is a long way off recpetion!)