Hi Mandy & Roza, I don't have any references specifically on spoon feeding, but here are a few on cup feeding preemies: Lang, S., Lawrence, C.J. and L’E Orme, R. Arch of Dis of Child 71:365-369, 1995 Howard, C. PEDIATRICS Vol. 104 No. 5 Supplement November 1999, pp. 1204-1207 Marinelli et al 2001, Journal of Perinatology 2001; 21:350-355 Nancy Wight, M.D. wrote an excellent article on cup feeding: http://www.breastfeeding.org/articles/cup.html Hope that helps. Kim Lenderts, LLLL, CLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html