Help! I have to meet with two of our Peds next week who are upset that I've told their patients to avoid pacifier use in the early weeks of breastfeeding to avoid nipple confusion. I'm fairly sure that they will want scientific research backing this theory. I am already prepared to say that breastfeeding is the physiologic norm and that I would be glad to read any research that shows pacifiers do not interfer with BF success. (Thanks Jack for that suggestion at the BSC Conference.) It would still be nice to have a couple good references to back me up. Mary IBCLC in Indy