>[Pacifiers]have occasional theraputic >usefulness, and the new SIDS info is provocative... Mightn't the SIDS connection with pacifiers be that babies who are allowed a normal amount of sucking are less prone to this abnormal illness - that American babies are generally suck-deprived unless they have a pacifier, because so few are breastfed and most of the breastfed ones are at breast infrequently? I'd sure want to look at *total sucking times* and SIDS, not just pacifiers and SIDS. 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