The response came after a former midwife quoted in The Daily Mail suggested the Beckhams are "putting Harper's wellbeing at risk" by allowing her to rely on a pacifier at such a late age.
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"It really can damage her teeth, and it is very likely to hinder speech development," said Clare Byam-Cook, author of Top Tips for Breastfeeding.
The former soccer star and dad of four hit back saying: "Why do people feel they have the right to criticize a parent about their own children without having any facts ?? Everybody who has children knows that when they aren't feeling well or have a fever you do what comforts them best and most of the time it's a pacifier,".
"So those who criticize think twice about what you say about other people's children because actually you have no right to criticize me as a parent."
So is four too old for a pacifier? Or should critics, well, go "suck it"?
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