Abstract: A one- or two-piece flexible shield for a pacifier nipple. The one-piece shield comprises a molded, relatively thin walled nipple cover having an opening for inserting a pacifier nipple therein to enclose the nipple, first and second retainers disposed about the interior of the shield for securing the pacifier to the shield, and a top wall disposed opposite the opening comprising at least two separate sections and adapted to be separated to expose the nipple. The two-piece shield includes a base having an opening and first and second retainers disposed about the opening for attaching a pacifier thereto and a flexible nipple cover having an opening adapted for attachment to the bottom shield to substantially enclose the pacifier and a top wall substantially the same as that of the nipple cover in the one-piece shield.