As new parents we have realized that Diapers are the biggest invention by humankind but I think pacifiers should take the top position.
One can manage without diapers like how our parents have done it. I have myself raised my niece without diapers twenty years ago. The life becomes a bit difficult as you have to constantly keep checking the cloth pad for su-su and potty and then clean them almost everyday.
That way we had saved a bit of environment may be…may be not. You use water to clean those clothes. In Diapers you throw them in the dumpster.
But what I would have done without the pacifiers. We had no elder parents who can play with the baby for the whole day and we can’t afford the creche here. On top of that, I am at home sitting to take care of the baby. In such times Pacifiers are my saviors.
I know lot of people are against pacifiers. I have heard arguments. One of them was really crazy which says that baby becomes dumb if they use pacifier too much.
Though there is no scientific data on that. In my personal experience, I have seen one of the baby who is now twelve years old who use to suck pacifiers and later his thumb till he was five years old. He had turn out to be quite brilliant in his school and very independent.
So I do not believe in such arguments but I like pacifiers for a reason. When the baby cries…pacifiers are the only saviors. Teething, playing every time it has saved me.
In the afternoon when Meenakshi is out for her classes and Iam all alone with the baby exhausted after feeding him, dancing in front of him to make him sleep and he still giggling, I put the pacifier in his mouth and he sleeps within minutes.
Oh What a relief it is.
Than humans for making such a wonderful thing for babies.
The only thing which might be more important for babies than pacifiers and diapers are the MOTHERS and I bow to her everyday.
Especially after seeing her giving birth to a baby. all the men should see how a baby is born and they will respect women because they will understand how difficult and how courageous it is to give birth to a human.