Talking and listening to your children while you go through the day will help promote speech development. The extended use of "dummies" has been linked to poor speech and the opportunities for spontaneous chat are reduced. In the downloadable documents section below is a flyer we used in a recent campaign within our own groups and which might be useful when trying to minimise use of dummies or when trying to stop altogether, depending on the age of the child.

Downloadable documents (PDF format):

Dummies and Bottles