hi all,

2009/10/31 heather <[log in to unmask]>:
> This was a blast from the past!
>
>
> These were in use in the UK about 40 years ago (before even my time). I have
> never seen anyone use one in the past 30 years.
>
> I hae no idea if there is any research on their use or effectiveness (I
> doubt that there is) and I would suspect that whatever their use and
> whatever mothers feel about using a shield like this, it would not aid
> effective positioning and attachment in any way at all....applying what we
> know about how babies actually remove milk physiologically. Seems to me
> pretty clear this shield would be anti-physiological.

darn, i should have tried them on ;-)
i know where they came from, so maybe i should lend them for a couple
of days and make my babyboy a lab rat ;-)
but he thinks artificial nipples are ridicolous, so i guess it wont be
of any "scientific" use ;-)

nina

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