Betsy wrote: "I know I have mentioned this before, but I would be interested in knowing= if=20 any of you have tried the "Breastflow" nipple by First Years? I came upon= it=20 totally by accident (a mother I was following went out and bought one) an= d I=20 have to tell you, I was amazed at how different this nipple was in compar= ison=20 to the others we all know. The baby has to use suction AND compression to= =20 get the milk out and it come out very slowly as well. the mouth has to be= very=20 wide open also." Though I very much like the look and concept of this bottle I've had negative feedback from moms. One baby had poor gain. The others have taken enough but parents complain about a lot of leaking. One mother emailed around her listserv group and found similar concerns. Perhaps they are putting this two-layer nipple together wrong. It may be a very good bottle but if parents can't use it right in their sleep-deprived state then I'll go with something easier in the initial weeks. Parents and babies seem to do very well with either the Dr. Brown's (standard, not wide-neck - on the wide-neck it's far too hard for many *newborns* to latch onto the wide base) or the slower but identically shaped Playtex VentAire. Have seen many little ones spend weeks (months on a few occasions) on these bottles and go right back to breast - which of course is the goal. As always, appropriate bottling technique is very important (pacing, eliciting wide gape before each feed, baby in sitting position, etc.). I suspect technique may be as or more important than the nipple shape. Nothing is ideal if it isn't a breast!! Joanna Koch, IBCLC *********************************************** 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 email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html