In a message dated 4/11/04 1:12:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Using bottle nipples, filled with cottonwool, as a soother is a common
practice in our nursery if mother does not supply a pacifier for her baby.
It used to be a common practice in our nursery until a report of an infant
aspirating the cottonball that was stuffed in it (somewhere in the USA). Since
the we have pacifiers both preemie & newborn sized available. Pacifiers are no
longer routinely put in cribs & nursing staff are not supposed to use them
without parents requesting one. The lactation consultants also let parents know
the risks  of using pacifiers in the early weeks of breastfeeding.

Laura Hart

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