Comments on: “The Breast Is Not A Subtitute For A Pacifier.”

By: mystic_eye_cda

mystic_eye_cda — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:05:19 +0000

Well of course not.

A pacifier is a human nipple replacement, so clearly a human nipple can’t be a human nipple replacement!

By: Amelia

Amelia — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:09:39 +0000

Oh, my midwife totally agrees with this OB…she asked me if I was “letting baby use [me] as a pacifier.” I’m thinking, Of course I am! THAT’S MY JOB! (At least, if I want my milk to come in…)

By: Jaded

Jaded — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:22:22 +0000

it seems my mom really has the same ideas and thoughts as a lot of docs. She also said this to me.

By: Snooty

Snooty — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:26:56 +0000

Of COURSE it’s not a substitute!! It’s the original!! *^_^*

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:28:38 +0000

My pediatrician said something similar to me while I was in the hospital with my newborn who liked to nurse constantly until my milk came in. I’m so glad I listened to my LC instead….I had an excellent milk supply!

By: Jaki

Jaki — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:55:18 +0000

Sadly, I had a L&D nurse say this me after my son was born.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:14:27 +0000

As in, a pacifier can be hit on one edge and it flips over, and baby chases it. That’s pretty much what my firstborn did with his pacifier at 6 months and didn’t use it to suck.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:12:28 +0000

Exactly. Pacifiers provide no nourishment, they provide no bonding between mom and baby, they do not help mom meet supply for milk the baby needs. Also, you cannot flip breasts around on the floor when learning to crawl.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:33:24 +0000

The ONLY way this is an appropriate statement is if the very next words out of the OB’s mouth were “Wait a minute, strike that…reverse it.” (Think Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka)

By: A

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:12:26 +0000

…
Oh, WOW.