>I can't find a wide based pacifier at the local store. I suspect that there *are* no wide-based pacifiers, although someone else may set me straight. A truly wide-based pacifier would require constant suction on the part of the baby - just as a breast does. When the baby stops active sucking and releases the partial vacuum that holds the breast in his mouth, it simply falls out. Mothers don't want a pacifier to do that. I *think* what makes a pacifier work is the narrow neck that allows a baby's lips and gums to close on it, holding it in between sucking bursts. Am I right? Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC Ithaca, NY *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html