Searching - searching - where did I find it?
I'm thinking I found it from a link on the Healthy People 2020 site that led to the Nemours Foundation.
Whatever that is. Name is familiar but can't place it.
So DO NOT falt Healthy People 2020 for this.
Will continue to look and will post the link when I find it again.
Sorry for the excitement.
Phyllis

---- Amy West <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 

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And to add to what Phyllis said, isn't the whole SIDS-reducing aspect of
pacifiers that baby sucks them *during* sleep and doesn't fall into the deep
sleep associated with SIDS?  So advising not to replace one that's fallen
out of a sleeping baby's mouth wouldn't do much for SIDS, no?

Amy West, CLC

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Phyllis Adamson IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Went browsing thru the Healthy People 2020 website and found this:
>
> "Is it OK to nurse my baby to sleep?"
>
> "Nursing your baby to sleep can become problematic as your little one gets
> older because he or she may need to nurse to take a nap or go to bed at
> night. It helps to wean your baby off of sucking for comfort and make
> breastfeeding sessions about nourishment not pacifying."
>
> "Also try to put your baby down for naps and bedtime slightly awake so your
> little one will get used to falling asleep without having to nurse."
>
> "Instead of nursing, you may want to offer your baby his or her thumb or
> hand to suck on. You also could consider giving your little one a pacifier.
> In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) now recommends giving
> babies under a year pacifiers at naptime and bedtime to reduce the risk of
> SIDS. However, babies who are not interested in pacifiers should not be
> forced to take them, and pacifiers should not be put back in if they fall
> out once the baby falls asleep."
>
> Me again: this is just a portion of the page. How is it bad for baby's
> health for him to fall asleep at the breast? How does it improve baby's
> health to put him down in bed while still awake? How does it improve baby's
> health to nurse only for nourishment but never for comfort? Wouldn't
> dentists have something to say about not just encouraging thumb sucking, but
> actually teaching baby to do it?
>
> IMO: this is another example of giving parenting advice (orders?) in the
> guise of Health Care. But this time, it comes from the government. I hope we
> are not going to be mandated to teach this as part of the Healthy People
> 2020 program.
>
> Phyllis
>
>
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Phyllis Adamson, BA, IBCLC
Glendale, AZ.
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