Mary-Jane,
I am so happy you brought up the subject of pacifiers.  Honestly, if I see another newborn come into my center with the blue rubber similac pacifier stuck in it's mouth I am going to jump out the window (thank God I am on the first floor!)
The LC's and nurses in the surrounding hospitals swear up and down that the baby's are not given pacifiers - this is just not true and noone is accountable for completely undermining these new babies.  You want them to lose weight,  increase jaundice, refuse the breast and sabotoge their mother's milk supply, etc ......just keep letting them suck on those pacifiers!!!
Shame on the staff that is promoting their use! Just because the formula company leaves them on the unit doesn't mean they have to be given out.  When will the staff stop and realize the consequences of this disgusting habit?
or do they just not care? I think it's the later.  The reason I say that is because we have proven over and over how detrimental this practice is yet it continues.  Why not throw them away...in the dumpster so there are none to give out.  They throw out everything else (ie birth plans) without a blink of an eye.  Let's purge ourselves of these little blue and pink mouth plugs!
Sorry, for the rant ...it's been a long week (not to mention long 20 yrs!!)

Maria Parlapiano RN, IBCLC
Postpartum Place
Chatham, NJ 

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