A baby bottle having a nipple that can have the nipple remain in the mouth of a sleeping baby to act as a pacifier, but have the rest of the bottle be removed easily.

An improved pacifier assembly including a pacifier having at least one dissolving flavor packet to provide a tasty incentive for babies to use whereby a developing infant determines flavor differences thereby providing flavor variance for a child to recognize, stimulates brain function and encourages further cognitive growth.

An improved pacifier comprising interchangeable dissolving flavor packets that provide a tasty incentive for babies to use whereby a developing infant determines flavor differences thereby providing flavor variance for a child to recognize, stimulates brain function and encourages further cognitive growth.

A pacifier ball comprising a hollow sphere comprising a pair of identical hemispherical members having circular hemispherical rims separably joined together to form the hollow sphere. A first pair of hollow pliable nipples being mounted on and projecting radially outward, from one of the hemispherical members. The nipples of the first pair of hollow pliable nipples having centerlines projecting through the center of said sphere and defining therewith a first common plane. A second pair of hollow pliable nipples being mounted on and projecting radially outward from the other hemispherical member. The nipples of the second pair of hollow pliable nipples having centerlines projecting through the center of said sphere and defining therewith a second common plane. The centerlines of the nipples of each pair of hollow pliable nipples creating an angle of separation between the nipples and equal angles of projection for each of the nipples such that each of the nipples is equally spaced from its respective hemispherical rim. The first and second common planes being perpendicular to each other, and therefore each pair of hollow pliable nibbles are oriented perpendicular to each other on their respective hemispherical member. The size, weight, number and placement of the nipples facilitate the ease of use of the pacifier ball by an infant. The pacifier ball can also be taken apart for cleaning.

The present invention relates to a system device and method for monitoring infant oral motor kinetics (OMK), which can be used to assess the functional significance of the different sucking components, i.e., the plasticity of infant sucking skills in relation to their oral feeding performance, at a particular time, during the developmental period and/or during preventive or therapeutic intervention programs. It is a unique system and apparatus that provides a means to study the nonnutritive and/or nutritive sucking skills, i.e., the Suction and/or Expression components of sucking, of infants in the natural setting, i.e., during a normal feeding session. OMK sensors, tracked in real-time by the monitoring system, include miniature pressure transducers, or pressure sensitive pads, attached to the nipple for measuring intraoral pressure pulses during Suction, and for measuring compression/stripping pressure pulses during Expression; and a miniature flow sensor for measuring fluid flow rate, which can be integrated over time to determine the volume of milk removed (bolus) per suck. Other signals, such as respiration, swallowing, thermal, optical, and acoustic signals can be recorded and compared along with the instrumented-nipple signals, in an OMK monitoring system.

A new and improved pacifier provides bristle like structures which discourages continued use of the pacifier by a child of appropriate age.

An infant item holder for holding one or more infant items. The infant item holder may include a base with a passage. The infant item holder may also include an elongated member that is longer than the passage and includes first and second ends. The elongated member may be positioned in the passage with the first end extending from a first side of the passage and the second end extending from a second side of the passage. The elongated member may be movably positioned within the passage and adjustable between a first orientation with the first end in closer proximity to the base than the second end, and a second orientation with the second end in closer proximity to the base than the first end. Infant items may be positioned at the ends of the elongated member.

A stuffed toy for weaning an infant off of use of an infant-use product, the stuffed toy comprising a pliable exterior cover defining an interior void; a soft stuffing material secured within the void; and, an infant-use product secured within the soft stuffing material.

A device for storage and supply of at least one oral requirement-fulfilling element for an infant and/or a toddler includes a storage unit for storing the oral requirement-fulfilling element, a filling unit for filling the storage unit with the at least one oral requirement-fulfilling element, and an output unit for retrieving the at least one oral requirement-fulfilling element from the storage unit. A conveying apparatus conveys the at least one oral requirement-fulfilling element from the filling unit to the output unit.

The present invention has two separate items the pacifier and the food compartment. The main purpose of the present invention is to expand the functionality of traditional pacifiers, specifically, to provide food flavors to the ply latex portion.