I agree that parents give pacifiers because they see so many other babies
with pacifiers, but I also think that the medical professionals have an
influence.

In one community where I lived, pacifiers were not given out in the
hospital, and while some parents used them, they were not all that common.
In a second community, where every baby in the hospital was given a pacifier
(or the ever-popular bottle nipple stuffed with gauze) to suck on, and where
the nurses would tell mothers on the pre-natal tours that every baby needs
and should have a pacifier - well, surprise! the community is filled with
"plugged-in" babies.

Teresa Pitman
Guelph, Ontario

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