It is my experience that babies with comforters are much happier and more secure as they progress through certain milestones in their lives. For instance, at about nine months babies often become very clingy to mum when they realise they are individuals and not a part of their mothers; a comforter seems to help with this transition. Comforters also help babies learn to sleep in different places such as the car, pram and travel cots while on holidays or at day care. And research published recently in Germany suggests that toddlers feel much more secure if they have a comforter with them for the
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