(HealthDayNews) -- If your baby is constantly looking for something to suck on, offer him a pacifier.
According to Harvard Medical School, sucking is a normal way for babies to calm themselves. And many infants soon find their fingers, fists or thumbs to suck on.
Pacifiers allow babies to satisfy their sucking instincts. They also help infants prone to spitting up to continue digesting their feedings.
But be sure you're not shoving the pacifier in a hungry baby's mouth. Know when your child needs to feed or merely wants to suck.
