How do you use a soother?

I found some of the soothers I tried for Eden when she was little and Raine had to play with them. She didn't quite get the idea of how they worked, first held it like a farmer holds wheat in his mouth then she started using it like a phone. Oh how I have wished both her and Eden would have taken a soother but now looking at her I'm glad she didn't. What a crazy woman!