Hello

I was wondering if someone could help me. I have recently been working with a Dr. who is pro-breastfeeding (yay) but seems to take this to the extreme. Her big thing is that to avoid nipple confusion, any baby who is not breastfeeding well, and needs a supplementary or complimentary feed has a naso-gastric tube passed for a gavage feed. She writes the actual dr's order as "no bottle feeds" and will only very occasionally allow finger feeds. I am looking for research about nipple confusion, flow preference and possibly the dangers of NG feeds in a healthy population. Any evidence out there that will help me explain to her that this isn't best practice would be welcome,

thanks in advance for all advice and information,
Sonya

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