Question about cup feeding.  Is there any reference
or articles about this?  We have a patient we want to try cup feeding on,
baby is a preemie and is now being allowed to start nursing as opposed to
tube feedings, only for 2 of the infant feedings a day can the baby nurse
the other feedings are OG or given an expressed bottle.  Anyway baby nurses
well but is limited to time on the breast.  Then they supplement with a
bottle of breast milk afterward.  We suggested that she cup feed the baby
instead of following with the bottle since their reasoning is that the baby
is not strong enough to adequately nurse from the breast.  Baby is gassy and
the nurses response is that they can't cup feed since this would make the
baby get even more gassy.  After all she said they burp so big when you cup
feed a baby and the doctor will never go for that.  Anyway we wanted to
dispute everything she says with references.  So far we have the procedure
in the Counseling of the Nursing Mother third edition that we are going to
post to staff.
                        Pam Price
                        Community Education Coordinator
                        Women's and Children's Services
                        Trident Health System
                        Phone 843-824-5013
                        Fax 843-797-4692
                        e-mail [log in to unmask]
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