Marsha shared with us the press release about musical pacifiers.  I wish I
could say "Now I've seen everything," but my pessimistic soul is sure there
are even worse ideas out there.  I was particularly bemused by this
statement:

> Poor or entirely missing sucking skills in infants -- both premature and
> full-term -- is a common occurrence that inhibits babies' physical and
mental
> development and can lead to protracted -- and thus costly -- stays in
> hospitals and birth centers.

I don't suppose *any* of those absent sucking skills could be due to
iatrogenic causes, do you???  :-p   Imagine, poor/absent sucking skills as a
common occurrence.  You really do have to wonder how homo sapiens has
managed to survive.

Feeling sarcastic, can't help it.....

Mary Renard, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Vienna Virginia  USA

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