Lactnetters,
I am a total amateur here, so I hope I don't offend with my ignorance,
but I must confess to being a little surprised to hear about bottles
apparently being advocated when supplementation is required (including
those "haberman feeder" things and various kinds of nipple that are
supposed to be more like the real thing). I did a search, and it is
quite clear that the vast majority of you believe in nipple confusion -
it's been discussed at length on many occasions. So why the bottles?

A reliable source tells me the WHO is imminently thinking of
recommending that bottles *never* be used, even for artificially fed
babies. Apparently, it was something to do with the unnatural, stiff-
tongued sucking mechanism a baby needs to bottlefeed, as opposed to the
"lapping" movement of the tongue in cup feeding. If this is true, and
the WHO really are going to "ban" the baby feeding bottle, that suggests
to me that they believe bottles are actively harmful, not just to
breastfeeding bottles. What implications would that have for your
practice? Would it help, or are the WHO whistling in the wind if they
think they can overturn the cultural dominance of the bottle?

Just thinking out-loud, but if anyone fancies posting their thoughts,
I'd be most interested.
--
Anna H. Breastfeeding advocate, would-be writer and baby bottle hater
http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna/

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