hi all,

2009/12/3 Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Friends:
>
> We've established that pacifiers may be useful to calm a baby when mom has
> oversupply, or for a premie in the intensive care nursery. (I am not
> convinced about the SIDS connection, though, as I have too many questions.
> When a baby goes to sleep, the pacifier falls out of its mouth with the
> relaxation....so how does that help?")

well, obviously the baby had the pacifier in it's mouth before it fell
asleep. so it hasn't been screaming himself to sleep -> like with
"ferberizing". maybe that's the main point, as i believe there are
still so many babys out there who've been left alone in a crib (as
recommended by pediatricians) in "their own" rooms and only a few who
are being put to sleep by a maximum dose of TLC.

maybe sucking in general helps to prevent SIDS. but i believe that
children who can nurse ad libitum get to suck much more than
bottle-fed babys. and if we like it or not, the bottle-fed kids are
the majority and are being seen as the "norm".

nina
-- 
Because the Medieval Church, with the support of kings, princes and
secular authorities, controlled medical education and practice, the
Inquisition constitutes, among other things, an early instance of the
"professional" repudiating the skills and interfering with the rights
of the "nonprofessional" to minister to the poor. -Thomas Szasz, The
Manufacture of Madness-

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