PACIFIER WITH CONTROLLABLE HARDNESS OF THE NIPPLE PORTION

The present invention relates to pacifiers (10), which can support a child in its oral development, from sucking to mature drinking and eating reflex or which helps in the process of teething. A pacifier (10) is provided, which comprises a shield (12), a cherry or nipple portion (14) with controllable hardness and a controller for controlling the hardness of the cherry or the nipple portion. By increasing the hardness of the nipple portion,the child is de-motivated to suck on a pacifier (10) and the child will lose the need for suckling. However, there are moments when the child does need to be nourished and comforted by engaging the sucking reflex. In this case the cherry can be made softer. 本发明涉及安抚奶嘴(10)，该安抚奶嘴可以帮助儿童的口腔发育、从吸吮到成熟饮食反射或者有助于出牙过程。提供了种安抚奶嘴(10)，所述安抚奶嘴(10)包括：护罩(12)；奶头或者奶嘴部分(14)，所述奶头或者奶嘴部分(14)具有可控硬度；以及控制器，该控制器用于控制所述奶头或者奶嘴部分的硬度。通过增加所述奶嘴部分的所述硬度，使孩子对吸吮安抚奶嘴(10)变得消极，由此孩子将丢掉对吸吮的需求。然而，有些时候确实需要通过应用吸吮反射来喂养和安慰孩子。在这种情况下，可以使所述奶头变得更柔软。