Sometimes the only thing that will help calm your fussy baby is the right pacifier. But pacifiers aren't just good at soothing your baby and giving parents a few minutes of peace — it turns out ...

"I nursed her," says Brew, "but I didn't want to become her pacifier." Pacifiers may still carry the stigma of being second-rate next to the old standby -- a baby's own ever-so-handy thumb or fingers.