Speech, tooth & pacifier

• Children love to hear their parents’ voices right from the start.
  For example, when singing, rhyming, looking at picture books and reading aloud.
• Putting harmless objects in the mouth helps children to learn to speak.
  But be careful: no small parts!
• Tell your child what you are doing and talk about everything you are doing together.
• Speak in the language in which you think and feel.
  This is the “language of the heart”.
  It can also be several languages.
  Because your child can also learn several languages at the same time.

Sources:

[1] S.Kannengieser (2018): Sprachentwicklungsstörungen Grundlagen , Diagnostik, Therapie, 4th edition, Urban Fischer Verlag 2018, ISBN: 978-3-437-48354-7
[2] D.Bühler (2020) Sprachentwicklung des jungen Kindes (last updated December 2022)

Speak in the language in which you think and feel.
This is the “language of the heart”.
It can also be several languages.
Because your child can also learn several languages at the same time.

• Some children don’t want or need a soother.
• It is good to use the pacifier as little as possible.
  This supports the development of the jaw, teeth and speech.
• Stick to the smallest pacifier size.
  Use flat, small and soft pacifiers.
• Pacifiers and bottles are not intended for constant sucking.
• For the first six months, boil the soother and bottle teat daily.
• Never put the soother in your own mouth.
  This also applies to bottle teats and spoons.
• Do not use a pacifier chain.

[3] M. Furtenbach (2013): Prävention orofazialer Dysfunktionen im Spannungsfeld von Kieferorthopädie und Logopädie (last updated December 2022)
[4] U.Lins (2015): Der verantwortungsvolle Umgang mit dem Schnuller, Verlag AV Akademikerverlag 2015, ISBN : 978-3-639-85390-2
[5] zm online: Pacifier shape correlates with malocclusion (last updated January 2023)

• Brush teeth right from the first tooth.
  Ideally with a toothpaste for children that contains fluoride.
• Give your child water or unsweetened tea to drink.
• Take good care of milk teeth.
  They are important for the next, permanent teeth.
  This allows them to develop healthily.
• To remove plaque, brush from the gums to the teeth (from red to white).
• Never use more than a pea-sized piece of toothpaste with fluoride for children when brushing their teeth.