Pacifiers

The first few hours of life can be rough. So for years, [ewborns:Babys] 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 [nipple:papilla] and be less [inclined: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 [course:discourse] of about a year. When pacifiers were [prohibited:admitted] , surprisingly, fewer babies were breast-fed [exclusively:conclusively] while in the hospital and more received supplemental formula.