>I have a 3 month old baby born 8 wks early who, after a swallowing study at
>1 month of age was deemed unable to swallow breastmilk because it was too
>thin.


Swallowing study??? Breastmilk too thin?????

>   The parents were advised to give her formula thickened with rice
>cereal.

So this would be at term minus 4 weeks????

Hmm. Interesting.....rice thickened formula for a 36-weeker instead
of breastmilk....

This is the 2nd babybon Lactnet this week whose mother has been told
breastmilk is 'too thin'.

Are we seeing another 'reason' why babies 'can't' brastfeed?

>  She had another swallowing study now at 3 months and has improved
>but still cannot handle breastmilk.  These parents very much want to give
>their daughter breastmilk - mom has been pumping with a Lactina for the
>past 3 months.  They feel that they are at a crossroads as far as bfing is
>concerned - another swallowing study is not scheduled for 2 more months.
>Dad called me to see if there is any device they can use to slow down the
>amt of milk going into baby's mouth.


Is it the rate of the letdown, or the consistency of the milk, or the
development of the baby, or the professional assessment, that is in
question here?

HWN, UK

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