Anne Rogers wrote:

Anne, do you know whether straws are detrimental to speech development?

Straws are GOOOD for speech development. The
sucking mechanism strengthens muscles. In
speech therapy, they focus on learning to use
straws.

Also, if he uses a dummy just to settle to sleep, at this age (13.5
months) is that bad for speech, too?

It's bad only if he has it in during the day
and it keeps him quiet instead of letting him
babble.

-- Anita --