Regarding Pacifiers: I tell moms that they are a mother substitute. And that you get what you'd expect from a 25 cent piece of plastic: -a baby needs to suck for a reason ... to increase supply for growth; your breasts will respond to that, a piece of plastic won't - it can change the way babies suck and make breastfeeding difficult - it is a big culprit in thrush reinfecting the baby and some moms use them instead of being moms and caring for their babies they just pop 'em in when baby cries instead of tending to their child. Gail Gail S. Hertz, MD, IBCLC Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics PSGHS Children's Hospital Hershey PA [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