I attended Susan Boekel's excellent presentation on Gastroesophageal Reflux
at the 2000 ILCA conference.  She suggests one positive use for pacifiers:
babies suffering from painful GER may need to do some "extra swallowing," to
help keep the refluxate (sp?) down in their tummies.  She hastened to add
that sucking on a parent's finger would serve the same purpose ... but the
idea is that some babies with GER need to be doing more swallowing, and less
feeding.

Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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