Dawn,
 
Great start and effort to address a challenging (aka  frustrating) 
situation.
 
Suggestion (since you think it's too wordy) make one line "bullet points",  
then keep deleting anything that seem unnecessary. You may need to use both 
 sides of the "card".
 
Below, words and phrases in <<>> are the ones I edited or  
added.............
 

IF YOU  CHOOSE TO GIVE YOUR BABY A PACIFIER,  <<PLEASE>> REMEMBER:

- <<First>>, get your  milk supply off to a great start by offering the 
breast freely <<and  frequently>>
 
- <<Babies learn to breastfeed by practicing often>>
 
 
- “Comfort sucking” in the early days is best done At  Breast, <<helping 
to bring in an  ample>> milk
supply.
 
 
- If the baby doesn’t feed well, <<promptly>> call for  your nurse or the 
lactation consultant to help



- Start a pacifier only after you and baby really know what you’re  doing 
(usually at 3-4 weeks).



- Don’t use the pacifier to “put off” a feeding. Think about how you feel  
when you are very hungry!



- Don’t assume that if your baby takes the pacifier and goes to sleep, he  
wasn’t hungry, <<it more likely means you missed an opportunity  to 
breastfeed>> 
 
 
- The act of sucking, even when baby gets no food <<as with  a pacifier>>, 
produces a hormone that causes sleepiness. 
 
 
-Sucking on the pacifier may simply cause him to sleep through his hunger  
<<leading to lack of hydration and nutrition/weight  gain>>



- If you use the pacifier to calm your baby at a time when you can’t nurse  
(in the car, for example), be sure to feed the baby as soon as you can.



Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC

Fairfax County, Virginia  suburbs outside the Washington DC  beltway

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