For what it's worth--and that depends very much on the socioeconomic/cultural, perhaps legislative, environment--it may be useful to refer to the simple, straightforward 7-line paragraph on p. 24 (of the English version) of the joint WHO/UNICEF statement on breast-feeding and the role of maternity services (WHO, 1989), to wit: <In some countries it is a common practice in maternity services to provide mothers, on discharge, with a variety of baby- and personal-care products that have been supplied free of charge by commercial enterprises. The competent authorities should ensure that such "discharge packs" contain nothing that might interfere with the successful initiation and establishment of breast-feeding, for example feeding bottles and teats [nipples], pacifiers and infant formula.> Jim Akre, Nutrition unit, WHO, Geneva