"I've always rec that parents ditch the pacifier between 5-7 mo." If you look at chart for ages of SIDS, it's not high until 1 month (which means they don't need it day one, and of course if they have a real nipple....) but then by 7 months the rate is quite low. Not to encourage the paci, but it's likely safe enough (just my conjecture) to drop it by then. Maybe daytime & monitored sleep practice to become more accustomed to no paci. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html