Wearing a pacifier to bed - Does it stop snoring?

I am interested in a number of your responses.

Does wearing a pacifier to bed stop snoring?

After all the teat does push the tongue into place and deliberately makes you breathe through your nose instead of your mouth.

Has anyone experimented and has some conclusions?

Kindest Regards.

I dont know im sleeping silly!!!!

Hmm not sure cos the one that is snoring dont really know that he/she snore.

Unfortunately to to constant hay fever, the nose gets a little blocked and I snore sometimes. My boyfriend tells me that and I don't want to effect him at all :'-(.

This is why I thought that maybe a pacifier could solve it in some way and medically play with a pacifier in bed :-).

I was looking for some thoughts and if people have tried it and it helped with the partner.

I always have a pacifier attached to my sleeper and my partner says it does help me from snoring. I like to suck on a pacifier anyway, so if it helps we are both happy. :😃

I found out from my wiofe that wearing a pacifyer didnt stop snoring, but changed the sound into something like a dying duck, quoted from my wife. 😜

I dont bother anymore

I find it gives me wind, and not the bottom end.

I have wondered if the same could be said if you were breastfeeding.

It looks like i need to buy a pacifier now and try this one out

I cant say 100% that it does work as i dont have someone thats here to verify it, but...

Now that you mention this, i used to wake myself up from my snoring every once in a while and havent done it since i started sleeping with my paci!

Doesn't help me stop snoring. It doesn't stay in my mouth all night long. I usually end up sleeping on my tummy after starting on my side and it usually falls out at that point.

Good question Concrete, I don't see any firm answer yet. I was thinking the same as you and want to try it to appease my wife's complaints about my snoring. Not keeping it in all night could be a drawback.

I ordered 3 new paci's and I will find out soon. Does anyone use their thumb...seems to help me fall asleep.

I don't know how to explain it, but i seem to get a better nights sleep with my nuk five in my mouth. 😁 😁 😁 😁

Yes, a pacifier does stop me from snoring. 😘 I have dozens of them and also use them when I want to smoke. I love my binkies!! 😃

Like adam42 I use my binky to help me stiop smoking,at least at home. I can't bring myself to use it outside. Mine is one that I've had for a loing,long time. It's a hard all rubber one and it's pink and hangs down to my belly button by a ice skate lace.

I just got a NuK5 but haven't tried it yet. I can't use the smaller ones, they fall out to easily.

My girlfriend had had enough with the snoring and told me I'm putting you on a pacifier. She got a Nuk5 and said I'll have you hooked on this in no time. I laughed and said no way. In no time at all, she used her bedroom skills and had me on the pacifier. The snoring has been replaced by the Nuk. The only problem now is, she was right, and has me hooked, I like it way too much. The snoring is no longer a problem.

I've got 1, I didn't snore before, I breathe heavily, I used to suck my thumb all the time, I prefer my dummy hands down but it's not as easy as it's not attached to me like my thumb is!

Love

Abi x

They're also good at stopping you from grinding your teeth in your sleep.

It doesn't stop snoring but it does help you to reduce it in my opinion because according to the NHS/other medical experts snoring is caused by the airway in your thought being obstructed by you when you sleep, a number of factors come into play with snoring.

1. Age as you get older you will snore more this because your body changes over time.

2.Weight if your overweight or obese you will snore more because the extra strain on your lungs.

3. General over all fitness/health if your unfit or have health issues with disabilities this can make snoring worse.

4. Do you smoke or chew tobacco?, if you smoke or chew tobacco regularly you will snore more because this will effect your lungs.

5. What position do you sleep in?, the position that you sleep in also has an effect on snoring if the neck isn't supported well then the head will flop back and you will snore, to prevent this you may need extra pillows and or specially designed neck pillows.

All of these can have an effect on breathing and this can cause snoring cause if your restless at night this can also trigger snoring because of the fact your body isn't as relaxed as it can be.

Pacifiers can and do help alleviate some or most of the snoring and are now being designed not just for toddlers and babies but adults too a number of manufacturers who usually produce baby products are now starting to make adult versions of their respective products these include not just pacifiers but also strollers and baby bouncers these products are designed for the growing number of people who want to experience their childhood again or who had not a good childhood at all.

But getting back to the subject at hand pacifiers help to reduce snoring to 90-99.9% of the time and are well known for helping breathing because they help you to close your mouth and breath through the nose this has obvious health benefits in terms of helping you to sleep better.

I wright this whilst having a Philips Avent Silicone Soother for ages 6+ months.

This also makes a half decent quality adult pacifier too because it helps me to feel better than I ordinary would be at night and they only cost £4.99 at boots chemists/stores in the UK which is a bargain considering how much they help me to relax.

Hope this helps,

Yours sincerely

Chinababy888.

I find that an adult sized pacifier does help reduce my snoring significantly. Infant/toddler size pacifiers are simply too small to stay in an adult mouth very long or to have enough tongue positioning effect to be of any use.

The NUK 5 pacifier from Germany or the fairly new "NUK 6" silicone pacifiers work very well for me and allow me to sleep again in the same bed with my wife. I no longer get poked in the ribs with a "ROLL OVER!!" command from her. I also find I'm no longer wakening myself with a horrible rasping racket!

My understanding is it does - but I've always been the one wearing the paci so I can't know for sure.

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It helps my princess LOL except she has TMJ and chews on everything at night so she tends to bits her silicone pacifiers heads off in 2 or 3 months and the latex ones last 6 but its also better then her waking up with a sore thought form snoring so loud and or her thumb chewed all up form her sucking on it

I started using an adult sized pacifier because of air leakage through my mouth while on a CPAP machine. I don't like the full face mask and someone suggested this idea. I went from 13-15 (an air leakage score, where 20 is perfect) to 18-20 immediately, with 20 being more the rule than the exception, immediately after doing so.

Additionally, prior to the pacifier, I would awaken 2 to 3 times a night. With it, I sleep the whole night through.

So, for me it had definite benefits.

I can see how some find it has some addictive aspects to it as I've found it to be instantly calming after placing it in my mouth prior to sleep. I've tried it when occasionally napping, not wanting to go through the steps to hook up my CPAP machine and my fiance told me that it had significantly decreased my snoring, even when not hooked up. Note, too, that I use a chinstrap which, in addition to preventing my jaw from dropping, works to keep the pacifier in my mouth when used. In fact, with very rare exceptions, it stays put the entire time I'm asleep and I wake up with it still there. In those rare exceptions, my air leakage jumped up and I would awaken. Once I realized the problem, I'd find it easily enough (now I have 3...just in case) and put it back in my mouth, falling asleep within minutes.

So, not sure if the lack of a chinstrap would affect anyone's results, but with it, I find it an absolute necessity.

The only possible "negative" is that I've noted a slight change in my occlusion in that my upper teeth are now slightly forward. I had asked my dentist to measure the overjet and, whereas it was once 1-1/2 millimeters it's now 2.8 so it's a small change and, for me, actually better because my upper teeth used to hit my lowers occasionally, something that doesn't occur anymore.

I have always wanted to use my pacifier,but I to am on cpap machine.i use the nasel pillow canula and find it gets in the way of the pacifier.what type mask do other cpap patients use that allows room for your pacifier.i am a side sleeper too and tend to drool out the side of my mouth when a sleep,will a pacifier stop this?

I'm not sure which nasal mask I use (along with a chinstrap) but you can ask your provider to show you the ones they have available and see which ones look workable; that's what I did.

One caveat though, my upper incisors moved forward 1.8 millimeters since I've been doing this. I know this because my dentist has a record from a short time ago and I noticed that my uppers don't lightly tap my lowers when closing my mouth. Turns out this is a good thing because having a 1 millimeter overjet, as I had previously, is a bit too small.

If my teeth continue to adapt to the pacifier by moving to its shape I will simply consider that a benefit. If I get to the 7 millimeter overjet I may (or may not) reconsider, depending on how it feels and how my sleep apnea is doing.

My wife also had enough of my snoring and told me that I bought you a pacifier and not to worry about it so she's fine with your baby diapers! She was right, snoring is no longer a problem.