Regarding an adult using her/his finger as a pacifier: I have found that letting baby suck on a knuckle (I especially liked to use the little finger) would help to tide baby over on those occasions where I needed to wait a couple minutes for one reason or another. The knuckle doesn't go as far into baby's mouth as a finger. This avoids the problem of giving instant stimulation in the back of teh mouth. This, I believe, is a key reason babies can become lazy at brest after bottle/pacifier use. They expect to feel mom's nipple in the back of their mouth right away instead of being willing to suck the few times it takes to draw the nipple in that far. Winnie *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html