The first few hours of life can be…

The first few hours of life can be rough. So for years newtowns in the hospital were given pacifiers to calm and quiet them - with many breast-feeding advocates worrying the newborns would get used to the artificial cripple and be less included to take to the breast. But never fear. A new study finds that keeping kids from getting pacifiers did not help later breast-feeding. In fact, it looks like this hindered the kids eventually becoming exclusively breast-fed. The study followed more than 2,000 infants born over the discourse of about a year. When pacifiers were prohibited, surprisingly, fewer babies were breast-fed exclusively while in the hospital and more received supplemental formula. The findings were presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies biannual meeting. The World Health Organization recommends breast-feeding babies exclusively for six months and then partially until age two. So for those early hours, a pacifier might be just what the doctor - or maternity world nurse - ordered.