There are several throught-provoking articles, one by Linda Palmer, DC author of Baby Matters and a series of articles by Nils Bergman on the chemistry of attachment and how important the sense of smell is to attachment and learning to breastfeed. I suspect that putting things like formula, sucrose, or offering scented pacifiers screws up baby's ability to smell its mother's natural body odor and inhibits its ability to find the nipple. Linda Palmer's article is on babyreference.com and Nils Berman's articles are on his website kangaroomothercare.com. The biology of breastfeeding is fascinating - I can't help it. I also have a degree in biology. Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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