Hi Brenda
Perhaps you could ask the most hostile of the staff specialists chair a staff meeting (or policy review/development committee) in which the evidence (and AAP recommendations) in support of pacifier use/non-use is presented (by other staff specialists, of course).  
Cheers
Nina Berry PhD
Australia
On 04/05/2014, at 4:00 AM, Brenda Phipps wrote:

> I work as an LC in a hospital setting, and spearheaded our hospital to become the first in the state to get rid of formula discharge bags. I have tried for a number of years to convince my OB manager to get rid of the pacifiers, and have always had a struggle convincing her to do this. Now she is bravely conceding that this is going to happen. She wants them 100% off the floor. Yay!! One more step to becoming Baby Friendly! But what we are finding to be a HUGE (and somewhat amusing) problem: the pediatricians are incredibly upset about it. Yikes - you mean they don't read their own AAP suggestions?? How can this be? They seem to think that the stressed out moms need them, and that the late preterm babies will suffer.
> 
> If anyone on the list has experience with getting rid of pacifiers in their facility, and getting negative feedback from the docs, I would very much appreciate your input on how to deal with the attitudes that prevail. I want to be armed (and dangerous). My hope is that within a few months this will be a complete non issue.  Thank you all!!
> 
> Brenda Phipps, BS, IBCLC

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