Ferquently I see moms trying to get a breastfed baby to take one of the
pacifiers because their mother, nurse, or doctor warned the mom not to let
her breast be "used like a pacifier."  I will usually explain why it is not
only ok, but desireable for babies to have all of their sucking needs met at
the breast.  I also expalin why bottle fed babies who are deprived of normal
sucking need the pacifier.  I also give them a line to use which has worked
fairly well.  The baby can no more use the breast as a pacifier than it can
use a womb as an incubator.  Often the rediculous(sp?) idea of the normal
being replaced by a second rate substitute gets grandma thinking.....


Linda Pohl, IBCLC
Phoenix, Arizona USA
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