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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2009/05/05/they-say-breast-or-binky-both.aspx" title="&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2009/06/will%20binky.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2009/06/will%20binky.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; borde..." target="_blank">They Say: Breast or Binky? Both.</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 05 May 2009 18:35:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('&nbsp;Nursing mothers everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief: Pacifier use doesn?t appear to hurt breastfeeding at all.Lactation consultants and other breastfeeding experts tell us that using a pacifier will lead to ?nipple confusion? and keep a baby from establishing nursing well. So researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine reviewed 29 studies form 12 countries and found no real evidence of a link between pacifier use and problems breastfeeding. They did find that women who used pacifiers for their babies did stop breastfeeding earlier, but pacifier use didn?t appear to be the reason.I wonder if that?s because women who ignored the advice and used a pacifier anyway (raising hand) were less likely to be breastfeeding zealots anyway?I used a pacifier with both kids and ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2009/03/20/they-say-early-pacifier-use-can-undermine-breastfeeding.aspx" title="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/baby-pacifier.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/baby-pacifier.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&..." target="_blank">They Say: Early Pacifier Use Can Undermine Breastfeeding</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:31:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('Some parents swear by them, some swear at them, but pacifiers are a nearly universal symbol of babyhood. Now a new study by Danish researchers suggests what many have warned, that early use of pacifiers can be associated with shorter duration of breastfeeding. The study looked at data from visiting nurses who assess and assist all new mothers in Denmark, typically in the family&#39;s home around eight days after birth. The health visitors, specially trained in breastfeeding issues, specifically noted whether the baby was being offered a pacifier; two-thirds were.&nbsp;Published reports about the study are notably light on details. But apparently the Danish study authors noted that early pacifier use correlated with shorter breastfeeding duration, and have advised that mothers wishing to nu...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2009/01/13/mystery-solved-dog-swallowed-fifteen-pacifiers.aspx" title="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2009/01/DogPacifier.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2009/01/DogPacifier.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; border=&quot;0&qu..." target="_blank">Mystery Solved: Dog Swallowed Fifteen Pacifiers</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:30:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('In case you ever wondered, no there really is nothing your baby won&#39;t share with the dog. Strained peas, Cheerios, dirty diapers . . . and apparently pacifiers too.&nbsp;A Missouri mom caught her English bulldog licking a pacifier on the floor one day, and she thought to do nothing more than chide the dog. Jennifer Zwart turned away . . . then turned back to realize the pacifier was gone - inside the dog&#39;s mouth.&nbsp;&quot;I took Lulu to the veterinarian and expected that an X-ray would reveal the pacifier. The X-ray was unclear, so the veterinarians decided to perform surgery. Midway through the surgery, they started a &#39;binky count,&#39; as they pulled out pacifier after pacifier. They had never seen anything like it. Over the course of six months, Lulu had swallowed 15 pacif...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/12/31/why-do-pacifiers-piss-so-many-people-off.aspx" title="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/12/23-End/FosterGrant05.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/12/23-End/FosterGrant05.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;..." target="_blank">Why Do Pacifiers Piss So Many People Off?</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:21:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('Trine Tsouderos was only three paragraphs into her pacifier essay in this weekend&#39;s Chicago Tribune before she started apologizing. Her daughter was about to turn three and still clinging to the bulbous soother, and Tsouderos was embarrassed.Oh, honey, I&#39;ve been there. Not three, thankfully (there, but for the grace of you-know-who, go I). My daughter hadn&#39;t even hit the year mark, and we were getting the stares and the comments, the creepy old bats who&#39;d reach in and yank the little binky out of her mouth.&nbsp; What is it with the pacifier that gets so many people up in arms?When we finally realized that my daughter would use anything she could get her lips around (a finger, my nipple . . . ) to soothe her, we finally quelled what we had thought was a serious case of col...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/08/30/the-best-parenting-advice-ever.aspx" title="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/feed-baby-picture.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/feed-baby-picture.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;parenting advice&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; borde..." target="_blank">The Best Parenting Advice EVER</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:13:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('A while back I went to a baby shower, and the host had everyone write down their best advice on parenting for the expectant couple in an album. When it was my turn to come up with some pearls, I paused. The truth was that the very best pieces of advice were rarely about whether or not to co-sleep or use a pacifier (um, for the baby, yo) or wait an extra year for kindergarten, though those are topics of much anxiety for parents. And the top words of wisdom I got almost never came from books or the doctor or even my closest people. Parenting is funny that way. You depend on the kindness of strangers for very general and life-saving stuff.&nbsp;Now one of my closest friends is about to have a baby any day now (on her own, too---she got tired of waiting for a suitable life partner and knew she...');
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