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In a message dated 7/9/98 6:50:29 PM, Pamela wrote:
<< blaming the bottle per se is just too easy, and stops us looking
further. The bottle can sometimes be a *consequence* of difficulty latching
to the breast - to blame the bottle or pacifier is to miss the point IMHO.>>
Yes, I agree. For example, the baby who has difficulty latching onto the
breast with flat, non-protruding, or retracting nipples, or thick or inelastic
areolar tissue, so someone who doesn't know what else to do gives a bottle.
Later, baby will not even consider going to breast and is declared to be
nipple confused. Probably, that baby is not nipple confused, he has a
understandable preference for the nipple that works easily.
Deb
Deborah Tobin RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
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