WubbaNub Infant Pacifier has the best record: 30 of 30 parents said their baby took it. Philips Avent Soothie Pacifier follows at 37 of 39, and the most reviewers weighed in on it. Every pacifier here has a high share, so the gaps are small, and NUK Comfy Pacifier has the weakest record at 18 of 21 from a smaller group.
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Share of parents who stated an outcome for pacifier refusal. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.
Refusals are a small share for every pacifier here, from 5% of WubbaNub reviews to 14% of NUK reviews, but cleaning draws complaints too: 21% of BIBS reviews and 15% of MAM reviews say it is hard to clean.
Praise and complaints are the points parents repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.
WubbaNub
Every parent who commented (30 of 30) said their baby took it, and 81% of all reviews say so. The catch is cleaning, with 14% calling it hard to clean and 5% saying it tore or broke.
Philips Avent
A big group of parents weighed in (39), and 37 of 39 said their baby took it. Complaints are rare, with 5% saying their baby refused it and 5% saying the size was wrong, and Soothie's own site agrees at 7 of 9, which we show but don't count.
MAM
Hard to clean is the main complaint, at 15%, ahead of refusals at 10%. 35 of 39 parents said their baby took it, and MAM's own site agrees at 10 of 10, which we show but don't count.
Itzy Ritzy
A solid record with a fit problem: 10% say it was too big or small and 5% say it falls out. 34 of 38 said their baby took it, 15% call it easy to clean, and Itzy Ritzy's own site agrees at 9 of 9, which we show but don't count.
BIBS
Best for durability
Durability is the draw, with 18% calling it durable, and cleaning is the catch, with 21% calling it hard to clean. 33 of 37 said their baby took it, and 8% say it costs too much.
NUK
A smaller group reviewed it (21), and 18 of 21 said their baby took it. 14% say their baby refused it, 19% say it soothed their baby, and NUK's own site is similar at 9 of 10, which we show but don't count.
No repeated complaints yet.
The 6 products ranked here carry 4,014 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about pacifier refusal, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Aug 2020 and Sep 2026.
A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (2 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.
Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.
Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.
We count what parents report. Nothing here is medical or safety advice: for a sick baby, call your pediatrician, and for car seats, a certified child passenger safety technician can check the install.
Amazon buttons appear only on products that most parents here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.
An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.
WubbaNub Infant Pacifier has the best record (30 of 30), then Philips Avent Soothie Pacifier (37 of 39) and MAM Start and Comfort Pacifier (35 of 39). No pacifier works for every baby, so you may need to try more than one.
Refusals show up for every pacifier here, from 5% of WubbaNub Infant Pacifier reviews to 14% of NUK Comfy Pacifier reviews. Some babies refuse any pacifier, and a few reviewers said the size was wrong for their baby, such as 10% of Itzy Ritzy Sweetie Soother reviews.
21% of BIBS Colour Pacifier reviews, 15% of MAM Start and Comfort Pacifier reviews and 14% of WubbaNub Infant Pacifier reviews call it hard to clean. 15% of Itzy Ritzy Sweetie Soother reviews call it easy to clean.
Parents mention both. 18% of BIBS Colour Pacifier reviews call it durable, but 5% say it tore or broke, and 5% of WubbaNub Infant Pacifier reviews say the same.
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