My thoughts on pacifiers is:  if the study does not control for the TYPE of pacifier used (shape and length) with consistency between the groups, it is not a valid study.  In my experience, many of the babies with breastfeeding problems are using flat or weirdly shaped pacifiers that encourage biting and not sucking.  It's like comparing bottles and breastfeeding - it all depends on which mom, which baby, which bottle, etc.

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Subject: Cochrane Review on pacifiers & breastfed term infants

Pacifier use versus no pacifier use in breastfeeding term infants for increasing duration of breastfeeding (Review) Jaafar SH, Jahanfar S, Angolkar M, Ho JJ.
The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2011  (21 pages) http://www.thecochranelibrary.com

Thoughts on this? 

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