Melissa Vickers, I agree with your reasoning that pacifiers can cause the
situation that needs comforting. Except that babies who don't need/want to
suck - that don't need food at the moment - will spit them out. Smart babies,
I say.

I think Bottlefed babies who get pacifiers on a full stomach might actually
benefit a bit, as the extra sucking may help them digest the stuff they just
glugged down. Start with an abnormal situation, and adding a second
abnormality, maybe it balances?  But we're not talking normal (breastfeeding)
here in the first place.

I once found evidence that sucking on a pacifier puts babies into a
trance-like state, altering the baby's brain wave patterns. Like kids who get
zoned out watching TV.  I'm trying to find that research. Can anyone point me
toward it?

Linda Smith, wearing an old "no cows" (cow with a bow on her tail inside a
red circle and diagonal line through it) shirt from Florida LC Association.
 There are 6 days left in August, and I can only find 3 more different
shirts...  will keep looking!