>This is 6 nipple confused babies
>here that I have counseled in 3 weeks.

It sure seems to make a difference if moms are urged to have baby take the
*whole thing*, so that lips flange on the fat part  rather than prissing on
the thin part.  I've even had babies go on to take mom's very flat nipples
without batting an eye, after a week or so on a plain ordinary (hospital
type) teat, after mom made sure the baby had a nice big mouthful of teat.

With that big mouthful, though, I think the baby is less able to cut the
flow off at will, so I have them put frequent pauses in the feeding as well
- either taking the bottle right out or tipping baby and bottle so the milk
flows away from the teat, letting baby have a breather, then settling him
back in to the feed again.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY