I have found the information about the AAP's new statement interesting. I'm 
anticipating lots of problems. In the AAP statement they say not to force 
the pacifier. On the news we are seeing headlines that tout, "Pacifier use 
will reduce SIDS". I think it is likely that some pacifier use will be 
forced upon babies.
As I have thought about the issue another question comes up for me. Many 
babies nurse to sleep. Is the mother supposed to then stick a pacifier in 
the baby's mouth, or has the breast just fulfilled part of it's biological 
function? When the baby is done nursing he/she will 'spit' the breast out. 
The AAP statement says you shouldn't put the pacifier back in once baby 
spits it out.
We all know that non-nutritive suckling is important, why shouldn't it be 
done at the breast??
It makes me so sad that parents are being fed so many "how to's" for 
parenting. Parents are so unsure of themselves today and I just don't 
understand why.
I guess I was one of the lucky ones that had a mother who had a natural 
birth and breastfed me for 10 months back in 1970.
Mimi O'Donnell, RN, IBCLC
York, PA 

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