Speaking of pacifiers...There is a new study out showing that bottle use, finger sucking, and pacifier use are associated with speech problems. See:
"The relationship of bottle feeding and other sucking behaviors with speech disorder in Patagonian preschoolers" at the open access journal site of BMC Pediatrics at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/9/66/abstract
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA
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