Skull & Cross Bones Needed

I think most new parents can understand the frightening idea that there are literally thousands of things in our daily lives that, though previously considered harmless, we now think should be packaged with multiple images of a skull and cross bones. The other night I went to pick Max up from his crib after he'd been crying for a while. I heard him sucking, but couldn't see a pacifier coming out of his mouth. I then realized that he had THE WHOLE THING IN HIS MOUTH! At first I laughed because I couldn't believe he was able to do that, then I became so worried because it seems to me that it's possible the same thing could've happened, but with much more dire consequences. He could've suffocated if he got it back far enough into his mouth!

I wanted to post this so that all my other new-parent friends would be aware that pacifiers should be the right size for your baby's mouth. The kind I was using, the Soothie pictured above, was only meant for newborns - I learned this today when I went to Babies R Us to get a different paci for Max. Soothie has another pacifier meant for ages 3 months and up. And guess what? They even have a warning on the back of the package: "Do not use if entire pacifier will fit inside child's mouth; this will happen as he gets older." Who keeps the packaging????? Anyway, I hope this will help someone!!