Sarah: Ultimately, if a family plans to introduce a pacifier, it’s never a bad idea to bring their own to the hospital, just in case. When I work in the NICU, nearly every baby is given a pacifier.

toys and pacifiers. A basket of donations for the first baby of 2025 born at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. (Courtesy Corewell Health) Corewell says Butterworth delivers ...