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>Dear Friends:
> Marilyn asks "why wouldn't finger feeding be considered an artificial
>teat?" Great question.
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> Probably finger feeding is another technique that can be beneficial or
>misused. It would be great to have some research that validates our practice.
>What do you all think?
I agree, Nikki.
In the UK, I have never heard of finger feeding being practised in any way
at all. That's not to say I am for or against it....however, I would be
concerned about it becoming widespread here, where hospitals and health
professionals are already too often lacking in the basic knowledge of how
to support normal, full-term healthy baby, physiological breastfeeding, and
where I have seen other tools misused and used routinely, to the detriment
of happy breastfeeding.
Things 'catch on' like a fashion here, and spread quite quickly.
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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