Geoff,
I think that bottle feeding newborns has not been documented SAFE. Have
you seen babies in the ICU sputter, turn blue ,and brady while trying
to feed from a bottle.?
Somewhere, there is documentation of infants oxygen saturation while
bottle feeding compared to breast feeding and they are much more stable
at the breast. Where is that O Lacnetters?
Any way , it is a curious sight to see a newborn cup fed. They just
sort of lap it in a nice steady pace and can really down it quickly. It
works wonders to feed a baby until latching on problems are resolved.
Ultra sound studies would be really interesting.
Mary Graden