posted on October 20, 2008 at 10:12PM
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. If baby has a pretty good addiction to it then it will take a little work to break the habit. A lot of times they out grow it and are fine. If he gets past 18 months or so and you're still worried about it then start working on breaking the behavior.
My first was an avid pacifier user and it actually took his first dental visit for him to give it up.