We have a pediatrician at our hospital who believes that all babies can switch between the breast & the bottle without any difficulty. He always tells the moms that "There is no such thing as nipple confusion. Supplement with a bottle if you want to." I will go in after him and tell them that some babies do have problems at the breast after receiving a bottle. Fortunately, his office nurse does too! A couple of months ago he told the OB Nurse Manager that he read a recent study that proved that there was no such thing as nipple confusion. Therefore, he wanted her to write a standing order that the nurses were not allowed to discuss nipple confusion with the moms and they were to give her a bottle if she asked for it. Fortunately, our nurse manager is very supportive of breastfeeding and told him she could not do that until he brought her the study to read. He has not brought it in for her yet. Has anyone ever seen or heard of this study? I'm hoping it's something he made up to try to get his way. Thanks, Julia Scaletta, BSN, IBCLC, LCCE Irritated in Eden, NC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html