I've been smiling to myself all week over this one.

I've been working with a mother of a 32 week premie for three or four weeks.
It was her sixth baby.  She has pumped and bottle fed the other five for a
couple of months each, but has never put any of them directly to breast.
She thinks bf is disgusting, but wants them to have the advantage of breast
milk.  No amount of discussion about bonding, mothering, time involved,
improved milk supply, etc. etc. made any impression.  She was pumping away,
and we were gavaging for quite a while.  When the baby got ready for oral
feedings, we did as she asked and introduced a bottle of EBM.
Nothing doing!  That little guy just wouldn't suck.  He took a pacifier
pretty well, but after ten days, he still simply refused a bottle.  NO
nipple would tempt him.   Our OT couldn't get him to suck.  I couldn't get
him to suck.  It was the only thing keeping him in the hospital.
Finally, I suggested she just TRY putting the baby to breast.  She said, "I
am willing to try ANYTHING that will get him out of here."
So, we put the baby to breast, he latched on and suckled like mad for thirty
minutes, nursed every feeding on demand for the next two days, gained weight
and went home.

Hee Hee Hee!  Smart baby!
Deanne, R.N. IBCLC
NICU

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