A pacifier retaining device with a resilient partial ring shaped member, a rigid nipple storage enclosure and a necklace connection member. The resilient ring has an approximate C shape where the gap in the C shape is approximately one quarter of an inch. The nipple storage enclosure is cylindrical in shape and having a closed top and an open bottom. The rigid nipple storage enclosure is attached from its top surface to the the inside surface of the resilient partial ring at the inside surface of the ring shaped opposite to the gap in the C shape. The necklace connection member is attached to to outside surface of the ring directly above the nipple storage enclosure connection point. A preferred embodiment includes the end points of the C shaped partial ring include outwardly disposed lead in tabs.