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Dear Listmates,
Did any of you see this study?
_http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/711283_ (http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/711283)
Does the Use of a Pacifier Influence the Prevalence of Breastfeeding?
Jenis AG, Vain NE, Gorestein AN, Jacobi NE, Pacifier and Breastfeeding
Trial Group. J Pediatr. 2009;155:350-354
The investigators concluded that pacifier use does not alter the prevalence
of exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months of age among infants born at term
who had successful breastfeeding established at 2 weeks of life.
In my practice as a hospital based LC, I quote the AAP statement from their
breastfeeding paper that "Pacifier use is best avoided during the
initiation of breastfeeding and used only after breastfeeding is well established."
I do not encourage their use and recommend discontinuing their use when
the baby is having latching/feeding issues.
I find this information from the article really interesting: Of note, only
67% of the infants in the pacifier use group actually used a pacifier, but
40% of the infants in the no-pacifier group also used a pacifier.
This gives one pause for thought about the usefulness of this study.
Mary-Jane Sackett, RN, IBCLC, RLC Pittsfield, MA (western
Massachusetts)
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