In a message dated 6/18/2003 11:38:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> This vanilla pacifier thing is fairly new here and it
> has been the only time that I have been seeing this problem when I cannot
> find any other reason for the infant's trouble.  Such as been getting
> bottles, birth trauma, etc.
> I am wondering if having the strong artificial smell of these pacifiers up
> next to the infant's nose is causing the infant not to later be able to
> smell the natural and more subtle smell of their mother's nipple?  Whatta
> think?  Has anyone else found a correlation in their clients with the use of
> vanilla scented pacifiers?

Zena,

we do not have these around here any longer, that I know of, ...they were
around some years ago, we noticed latch problems, ie; moms would tell us they had
to put vanilla flavoring on their nipples to get baby latched, in addition to
all the other various pacifier issues and problems, including babies getting
way to attached to vanilla ones.

May be something in archives....


Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
<A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/lcagw2000/lcagwcover.html">LCAGW</A> Co-VP
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the Fairfax County suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway

<A HREF="www.BestBreastfeeding.Info">www.BestBreastfeeding.Info</A>



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