Susan B writes:

The bottle  also comes with a pinched  nipple version that the speech and  
occupational therapists have labeled the "squash and flood". 


~~ Susan,
 
Thanks for the word picture. This kind of thing is really helpful for  
explaining to parents why the bottles they thought were so great ( especially  the 
ones the hospital gave them for free), are actually extinguishing their  baby's 
normal feeding behaviors in favor of behaviors that move towards  
passive/reactive/protective, only to cause more and more problems with  breastfeeding, a 
relaxed, but very active/proactive/responsive way to be  nurtured. These 
shaped nipples seem to distort the baby's tongue into a  configuration that begins 
to feel like the norm, which only exacerbates the  problems, especially when 
combined with unmanageable flow rates.
 
Peace, 
Judy
 
 
Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY, USA



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