Are pacifier clips safe?

[Anonymous]

Are pacifier clips safe? I'm concerned they are a choking hazard but our daughter is a pacifier addict and will be starting in a child care program soon so it seems like a good solution to her spitting it on the ground.

[Anonymous]

Sorry meant to say strangulation hazard.

[Anonymous]

We use them and I worry. The ones we use (bella tunno) are fairly short and cannot wrap around DS' neck. I've tried. But I do still worry a bit and don't use them at naps and overnight. Because of that there is a graveyard of pacifiers under the crib. We own a lot of pacis.

[Anonymous]

NO. They are NOT SAFE.

[Anonymous]

Our daycare does not allow them, and for good reason.

Our pediatrician warned us against them.

[Anonymous]

I would be surprised if your daycare even allows them.

Sounds like a good time to break the constant pacifier use. Save it for sleep time and other times when she's particularly cranky or whatever.

[Anonymous]

I used them with both my babies and they were very short so it never seemed a strangulation risk and I never found them wrapped around anything, even with DD learned to unclip hers.

But, as PP's note, I don't think a daycare center would allow them.

[Anonymous]

is there any research showing they're not safe? links?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:is there any research showing they're not safe? links?

I thought they were too short to actually do any harm. The length isn't long enough to wrap around anything. And I assume the clips are removed during sleep anyway, no?

[Anonymous]

If your daycare allows them I would question your daycare's safety standards in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your daycare allows them I would question your daycare's safety standards in general.

CITATION PLEASE. Stop scaring people without some data to back this up.

[Anonymous]

If you google, the only things that come up are ominous posts on message boards by other mom just like this.

[Anonymous]

My kid wears his at day care and sleeps with it clipped on. Worst thing that's happened is he can't find the pacifier because it is underneath him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your daycare allows them I would question your daycare's safety standards in general.

CITATION PLEASE. Stop scaring people without some data to back this up.

Seriously. I've never heard of pacifier clips being a problem before and I would love to see some actual documentation.

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine how. The ones I've seen are no more than 6" long, and one end is clipped to the kid's shirt. How could a baby hurt themselves with that?