We use the foley cup in our hospital.  In fact, I used one today.  Moms and
Dads have a much easier time not spilling precious breast milk than they do
with the medicine cup.  Also, the little "spout" helps them not fear choking
the baby.  I do agree that anything other than breastfeeding is inferior, but
this sometimes helps us keep the baby away from the dreaded supplemental
formula.  In today's case, the baby was sleepy and jaundiced.  The Mom had
worked for hours trying to get the baby to nurse.  This was her second baby
and she knew what she was doing.  We had a two day old who had not had a
stool in 24 hours,  only 1 wet diaper and very questionable feeds.  She was
scheduled for discharge, but was terrified that the baby was not eating.  We
had her pump about 1/2 ounce of colostrum and used the cup to feed it to the
baby.  She was so reassured that she had plenty of "food" for her baby.

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