Boy, there's a phrase that pushes my buttons every time <g>: "using her for a pacifier"!! AARRGG!! I tell my clients that report such a comment to me that pacifiers were invented to replace mothers, not the other way around. Mothers came FIRST; pacifiers came afterwards, as a replacement for the world's first, original pacifier. Mothers don't look like pacifers; pacifiers look like mothers. Babies don't use you AS a pacifier; you ARE a pacifier.... Regina Roig Lane BS IBCLC feeling grumpy at Miami-Dade County WIC/Nutrition > -----Original Message----- > From: Ann Calandro [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 12:22 AM > Subject: Using Mom as a Pacifier > > By the next morning baby had nursed all night, and the nurses had told mom > countless times that he was just using her for a pacifier. In fact one > nurse had brought in a pacifier and encouraged her to use it. Mom was > tired and said she felt like she might use it. I encouraged her that baby > really needed her milk to come in quickly, for some reason known only to > him and God. So we made a note for the crib saying NO PACIFIERS, and she > decided to believe me and her baby. *********************************************** 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