The Air Force Safety Center is a Field Operating Agency with headquarters at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
The Finnish researchers are unsure why the use of a pacifier might lead to an ear infection, but theorized it may have something to do with the change in pressure equilibrium inside the ear caused by the sucking.
I think that the babies who become attached to pacifiers would have become thumb-suckers or blanket holders if they didnât attach to a pacifier. Some babies just seem to need security objects, and there isnât a lot you can do about that. Just because you offer a pacifier to your baby, that doesnât mean he will develop a bad habit.