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09 December 2005
Dummies reduce cot deaths→[More:]
... which makes sense only after you realize that "dummy" is British slang for "pacifier".
Yeah, I wondered if they were recommending putting mannequin torsos in the crib with the baby for at least the first half of the article. That would just be weird, but I guess there wouldn't be much room for the kid to roll over.
Heh. Yeah, I read the article first, and was totally confused, trying to picture a dummy with an "external handle" that would be the sort of thing you'd actually want to put in a child's bed.
me, too. i was looking for the dummy. i was looking for the handle.
my mind leapt immediately to some type of comfort device or human contact substitute.
i'm still wondering where the term binkie came from.
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