I don’t know if the fact that I’m childless and probably have a drinking problem tells you how little I know about what it takes to raise a child, but I’d like to think I know the basics. As in, if I had a four year old daughter, there’s no way she’d be sucking on a pacifier as she strolled down the street. According to my brief Internet research, my instincts are pretty spot-on. You’re supposed to get your kid off the rubber sucker around the age of 12 months. Too much reliance on a pacifier can lead to all sorts of oral issues, orthodontic and speech issues included.
So why is four year old Suri Cruise walking around with a pacifier on her person? She’s not at home, digging through her old stuff, she’s carrying the thing on her. To me that implies that she’s a frequent pacifier user, and considering she’s four years old, that’s not a good thing. Girl’s going to end up with a fierce lisp and a set of Winehouse teeth.
Do you have kids over the age of three who still rely on a pacifier, and if so, do you notice that it’s hindering their development in any way?
Photos courtesy of Just Jared
I’m sure the Cruises can afford a speech/language pathologist and an orthodontist if Suri needs one.
But seriously, they seem to have an issue with saying “no” to this kid. She seems to get whatever she wants whether it is appropriate and healthy for her or not. (E.g. not wearing a coat when it’s cold, wearing heels at three years old.) These are kind of minor issues but she’s still a very young child. I can only imagine what kind of teenager she’s going to be.
Maybe she’s trying to start a new fad….HA
This is gross and WRONG and only adds to the Cruise weirdness.
No four year old should be using a pacifier lisp or no lisp. The suggestion I have is the one our family doctor gave us many years ago the pacifier has to go after three months take it away on Friday so you have the weekend for the baby to adjust by Monday it’s over your baby has been weened off the pacifier which is way better for baby’s teeth and emotional well being. Not to mention Mom stops losing her mind every time the pacifier goes missing.
The pacifiers out now have actually been researched and modified so as to not cause any real speech or orthodontic damage. That being said, she is far too old to still have a pacifier.
She’s just a four year old! Kids who don’t use pacifiers still like to play with them and pretend. It might be left over from when she was a newborn.
You know, she may look like a teenager the way her parents dress her up, but she’s not. This is a toddler who need to use imagination for her developing mind, that doesn’t mean she addicted to a pacifier, because if she was you would never see a pic without her using it.
Man I sucked my thumb until I was 11 and I have perfectly straight teeth.. haha I dont believe the crooked teeth bit everyone says!
If not a pacifier, probably a thumb.
Wait Molls, last year you posted a story about how Anna Kournikova’s Mom left her 4 year old son alone, and how it was totally OK because your Mom left you alone at 4 and ALL your friends have responsible 4 year olds and they leave them alone…but 4 year old Suri sucking on a binky is a HUGE NO????
Either they need to start dressing her like a 4-year-old — no more high heels and trenchcoats — or start making her act more like a teenager. I vote for the former.
wt..?? they put her in HEELS and let her suck a bobo in the street at 4 yrs old? bet you she’s still sucking on katie’s teat too