Nikki - thanks for a thoughtful post.

It reminds me that I'm _still_ really concerned about the
potential/actual health and developmental consequences of complete
sucking deprivation on babies who will never be breastfed - for
whatever reason - but perhaps including orphans and babies of HIV+
mothers in developing countries where bottle-feeding is effectively
prohibited.   Is anyone aware of any research in this area?

Pamela Morrison IBCLC
Rustington, England
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At 22:58 30/12/2009, you wrote:
>Date:    Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:08:46 -0500
>From:    Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: thoughts on pacifiers
>
>Dear Friends:
>
>If pacifiers of one style or other, have been with humans for hundreds and
>thousands of years, then maybe they have evolutionary success???  (" There
>is evidence that their precursors have been used since the Neolithic Period
>to calm down children.")
>
>Gotta do something unless the baby is worn on the nude mother every minute,
>as in tropical places. Those babies are suckling frequently.  Think of the
>KungSan.
>
>Babies need to suckle frequently to make the transition from the continual
>feeds of the placenta.
>
>If mom is dressed, or out shearing the sheep, baby has to suck on
>something. Hence the biologic imperative behind pacifiers.
>
>It's the synthetic materials I mind. And the abuse, where the baby is
>stifled or raped with the plug.
>
>Babies have to suckle ad lib in the first few weeks to set milk supply. If
>we keep her curled up, nursing all the time because it feels so good, then
>she can start leaving more easily, and the baby can get by for a while
>without her. This is probably necessary in temperate or more polar climes.
>
>What do you all think?
>
>warmly,
>
>
>Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
>craniosacral therapy practitioner
>www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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