"Subject: Re: finger as pacifier Winnie makes an interesting point about giving a baby a gloved knuckle to suck to pacify..." As always when we discuss putting artificial anything in baby's mouth....please, please, please do not use "natural rubber latex". As someone who suffers from this life-threatening allergy, I know of a few infants who have been sensitized ***only*** by pacifiers or bottle nipples. Thanks, Marita Nickison, RN, IBCLC *********************************************** 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(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html