When my grandson (now three) was born prematurely, my daughter-in-law was 
strongly urged by the nurses to have him use a pacifier. She was there 24 
hours a day with him (slept in a room attached to the nursery) and doing 
kangaroo care as much as they would allow. He was being gavage-fed expressed 
breastmilk and she held him close to her breast for all feedings. She 
suggested that instead of a pacifier, she could put him to the breast - but 
they said no, that would be too tiring for him. Why is a pacifier helpful 
but the breast too tiring? She offered to pump her breasts first if they 
were concerned about him getting too much milk, but they said that was no 
good either - the research supported babies getting pacifiers, not being at 
the breast.

This makes no sense to me.

Teresa Pitman 

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