Our new son when he is fussy likes to sleep with a pacifier. I had some concerns about our son utilizing the pacifier, but upon doing a lot of research I do not see any reason for him not to use one. The problem was that it would fall out, he would cry, and mom or dad would have to get up put the pacifier in many times a night. As sleep deprived new parents getting up every few hours to feed him, this routine got old real fast. The problem is the infant pacifier that we started using when we came home from the hospital kept falling out and down next to him. He would start to cry. Put it back in and happy baby. This was a wonderful find!
My wife found this and purchased one. It worked wonderfully. If it falls out of the baby's mouth and you have the baby on the back as almost every baby sleep expert recommends, the pacifier will stay on the baby's chest. The baby can then put it back in at will.
I did have a concern about if the baby wanted to remove the pacifier if this would somehow be a suffocation threat Because the stuffed animal would prevent the pacifier from coming out. Watching our baby utilize it became very obvious that if the baby no longer wants the pacifier in his mouth he can easily spit it out with it still staying on his chest even if swaddled.
Another plus is that if you are holding the baby you can hold the bottom of the stuffed animal across the baby's chest and you do not have to worry about the pacifier falling out and hitting the floor.
This was a wonderful find that I highly recommend to any parents want to keep a pacifier from falling. As a bonus, the stuffed animals are cute, and we got a lot of compliments from people about how cute our baby looked with the pacifier.
Update: Our son is 15th months old, and this is the only thing besides the diaper genie that we are still using that I can think of since he was born. We love this product. We did buy an extra, and it looks like 2 is all we will need until it is time to transition away from a pacifier.
Update our son is 3, and when he was 2 my wife went through a ritual where he cut the pacifier of the stuffed animal after we weaned him away from using it. He still sleeps with both of the WubbaNubs each night. My wife is pregnant, so we will be purchasing two more. This would be one of the top 10 things cool things my wife and I would recommend to new parents.
Update: we now have a second baby girl, and she has two of these and we have had the same positive results. Many complements on the cuteness of the stuffed animal. it was easy for both babies to keep the pacifier at a convenient location even when swaddled. By using any elastic clip, was also easy to prevent the pacifier from falling.
My son is now five, and he still interacts with both of his that we removed the pacifier a few years ago. This is one of the most positive purchases we had with our new child right up there with the Diaper Genie.