I was at the WALC conference and didn't hear anything about abandoning alternate
methods of feeding and casual use of pacifiers.
Of interest is that on my way home I got an urgent call, a woman started finger
feeding with an S&S in the hospital, given a nipple shield and things going
poorly.  I reminded her that the mother is always right and that the baby
needed to be fed.  It turns out that she was not given a bit of instruction on
using the S&S, was tip feeding with it, the child wasn't able to latch at
breast with a nipple shield and didn't do well latching on a bottle nipple
either. I have referred this infant on for CST and a follow up with the ped.
So it was really brought home to me, that we need to individualize care and make
sure that parents get accurate information from care providers.

Pat Thomas PHN IBCLC

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