Spinoff...What do you call a pacifier?

[OnceUponATime15]

My DD's were Sou Sou or Soucette

GS1 was luly

GS2 & GD passie or binky

 

[kilroy1966]

Mammy

 

[star72232]

Pacifier. Middle DS called it "Fi" (like semper fi), as if it was a name.

MIL called it a suss. Always drive me nuts for some reason.

 

[Planogirl]

I often called it a plug. It reminded me of one so I used that name sometimes. It was mostly a pacifier though.

 

[bookgirl]

Binkie X2

One twin liked it but was ambivalent. The other was super attached. He's 17 now. He still acts like it was a tragedy that I took them away. HAHA

 

[Scootypuffjr]

Suckafier

 

[elphaba91]

Dummy. Not that we used them - I sucked my thumb in the womb!

 

[jevs]

Grey goose, cranberry with a lime.




What? It soothes me!

 

[barkley]

pita (as in 'pain in the....').

my kids were never given them b/c years earlier I had worked in an infant/toddler daycare and the policy was if a pacifier left the hands or mouth it had to be boiled and cooled to ensure it was safe to return to it's owner. I just remember so many little ones who couldn't self soothe to get back to sleep and older ones who just couldn't seem to function without one constantly in their mouths that I wanted to avoid them if at all possible with my kids (and despite all the warnings about the horrible issues with thumb sucking both my now adult kids have exceptionally good teeth that have never necessitated any type of orthodontics).

 

[powellrj]

My oldest was given a nuk brand at the hospital, so with all 3 kids they were called nukies

 

[Mickeypooh99]

I always used to say pacifier. Then when my first child was born I was babysitting 2 little girls age 2 and 4, and they started calling it the cassifier. My sons name is Cass. So we started calling it the cassifier. Since then I've babysat many babies, and I usually say whatever the parents call it. Most recently it has been paci.

 

[North of Mouse]

First child refused one, second preferred his two fingers, third 'loved' his 'Fi-Fi', all were Binky brands.

(By the way, all are grown - 30+, and none of the three have needed braces - beautiful teeth, with few cavities - they all went to bed with a bottle from about 6 mos. to 15 mos. - then no more bottles)

 

[Poohforyou]

My dd didn't use one but I refer to it as a pacifier. I get the use of binky - like Kleenex instead of tissue.

I hate all the word abbreviations though, like paci. I just feel that it contributes to the laziness I see so much around me, like waiting for a parking spot instead of parking 3 spots further away. Stop using paci, brekkie, ressie, etc.

 

[smiths02]

My dd didn't use one but I refer to it as a pacifier. I get the use of binky - like Kleenex instead of tissue.

I hate all the word abbreviations though, like paci. I just feel that it contributes to the laziness I see so much around me, like waiting for a parking spot instead of parking 3 spots further away. Stop using paci, brekkie, ressie, etc.

The difference for me is that I would say "paci" outloud and often have little abbreviated words for talking about baby and toddler stuff just because they can't say words as well (I ask my 3 year olds if they need to go potty not if they need to use the bathroom). Now, especially when I worked in a daycare, I might let the baby language slip in regular conversation, but I try not to. I also only tried to do it with words that the kids needed to say, I did not/do not talk down and constant baby language to them...just certain key words (or words that they tried to say and it stuck)

However, I don't use other abbreviations like ressie or DH in actual speaking. I might do it typing a text or on a message board.

 

[jaiminee krikit]

My DD's was a binkie or bink.

My SIL called it a dinky with her kids, even after her sister told her that dinky is what they call her sons' privates.

 

[DizBelle]

They're called dummies over here.

Where is "here"?

 

[Floridaglen]

Where is "here"?

UK

 

[MariMama]

Where is "here"?

Australia, I think, for Jevs.

 

[E&Cmom]

Soother or pacifier. Neither of my kids used them. They refused them. My youngest preferred her fingers.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I called mine a ludla when I was a baby and so that's what we called our sons'. I think my granny said that's what she called hers. Her family is German, but I don't know if that has anything to do with it.