On pacifiers. The official recommendation from WHO states: do not giv…

On pacifiers. The official recommendation from WHO states: do not give pacifiers to infants who are breastfed. A large meta-analysis of 31 studies conducted in different years and countries around the world led to the conclusion that the risk of weaning before the child is 6 months old is twice as high if the child receives a pacifier. In fact, a pacifier significantly shortens the duration of both exclusive breastfeeding and general breastfeeding. An Australian study aimed to find out why, when, and with what consequences mothers feed their first children with pacifiers. The study involved 670 mothers. 79% of them gave a pacifier, with each fourth doing so at the insistence of the baby's