Jan laments:
"I don't think he's EATING, I think he's just using me as a pacifier" (a
phrase that
causes the little hairs on my neck to stand up and scream out loud....)

What do you all say when a mom says that to you?"

I usually say "Yep, that is normal baby behavior. Babies need to be
comforted, better to use use MAMA than something cold hard and plastic."
(Of course, this is after making sure baby is transfering milk, doing well,
and is nursing efficiently!)

My little hairs scream, too, Jan! And I have heard this comment from my own
mother while nursing all three of my own children. "Don't let that baby use
you as a pacifier!") To her my response was, "Why not?"

Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL, AAPL
Private Practice

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