Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle babies’ dummies?

By: Francisco

Francisco — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:41:36 +0000

What on earth should we do to recycle pacifiers (baby dummy)? I suspect that nobody really knows where to put it when they get old. Any one did any estimation of how many are dumped anywhere? Worried cheers.

By: Karmae

Karmae — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:32:16 +0000

The nipple bit can be sliced up and put up your nostril to make a strange “broken nose” effect for Hallow’een/fancy dress events.
(This is an old theatre trick)

By: Nicola

Nicola — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:49:23 +0000

I take great offence to your comment – I have four children and have breast fed all of them for over 12 months each .
One of my children had a dummy for various reasons which had NOTHING to do with not wanting to breast feed, infact she was the easiest to establish breast feeding.
You can not just presume people give dummy’s for the reasons you have stated and you can not try and inflict your disgusting views on everyone else .
There are many reasons why dummy’s have been found to be benificial to baby’s – perhaps you could do some research on them before posting such a comment .

By: Skye

Skye — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:36:00 +0000

Here’s an idea http://www.flickr.com/photos/hirosan/323470308/

Another thing is, does anyone have so many dummies in their household… ;)

By: Olia

Olia — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:06:03 +0000

They can be used to punch little halls in a fine soil to plant seeds one inch deep! :)
Crafters working with clay can also make indentations in clay with them.
Those round rubber parts can be used as bulbs or christmas lights in a doll house or as vases, if placed upside down.
Middle part, if it comes off, can be used as a belt buckle.
The ring with plastic can work as tiny towel hanger in a doll house.
Couple of those rings will make nice holders for a doll’s bag.

By: V

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:56:47 +0000

Yes, well, we can’t all breastfeed. Maybe we should just let our children starve…

By: Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:51:43 +0000

We have a farm nearby that takes unwanted dummies for the piglets that won’t/can’t suckle on there mummy. Great place to go with the kids when you are getting them to give there dummy up. Makes them feel really good about giving them away.

By: Ashleigh

Ashleigh — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:59:47 +0000

I wouldn’t recommend giving them to teenagers, as they use them when they do drugs like ecstasy, because it makes you grind your teeth, the pacifier makes your mouth hurt less.

By: Mea

Mea — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:11:56 +0000

Wow, I definately had to read this post just to find out what a baby dummy was…here in the states we call them pacifiers.

What about giving some to dog kennels? Quite a few puppies like sucking or chewing on these (my shih-tzu did, even when he was no longer a puppy.)

By: Rose

Rose — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:46:28 +0000

Goodness, a few very anti-dummy comments here. Current advice in the UK says all babies should be settled to sleep with dummies to prevent SIDS so I guess there will be a whole lot more of them about now! I would probably give them to older children to play with for their dolls, most can be sterilised but I imagine people might feel a bit odd about having a used dummy for their baby.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:41:04 +0000

Yeah great- just what a developing country needs- dental problems for their youth…

By: The Nourisher

The Nourisher — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:34:31 +0000

Why would anyone in a developing country want this mother child separating device? Only westerners who are so alienated and filled with shame of anything natural and vulnerable like breastfeeding would think such an invention had any merit. Create an organisation which collects them and make a huge work of art protesting their very existence.

By: Solomon Broad

Solomon Broad — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:46:48 +0000

Send them to a charity shop?

I wonder if there’s a company who sends them to people in developing countries?

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:26:26 +0000

you might call around to pediatrician’s offices. *IF* they can be sterilized, they might know of a place you can send them.