Nikki says,

> however, in a class I was teaching, a
> nurse said that she used a Haberman as an alternative feeding method and
> never had any problem getting a baby back to breast.
>     I was intrigued. Maybe there is something to the design of the Haberman,
> which does not flow and only releases milk when the baby works the gadget. I
> have tried it once in a difficult case, and the breastfeeding did improve.
> However there were confounding variables so there is no way to say for sure.
>

I'm always just a tad skeptical when someone claims they have "never" had a
problem getting a baby back to the breast.....

I suspect, and I think Winnie would concur, that the Haberman might prevent
"flow confusion/preference" -- but no matter how you slice it, it is a firm,
superstimulus to the palate which the baby does not have to draw into the
mouth and maintain a negative pressure/latch to keep it there.  The
care-giver is STILL in control.

Tracy Hogg of the Baby Whisperer states she doesn't believe in nipple
confusion/preference -- it's all flow confusion.  But she also believes that
all babies under 6 pounds MUST be supplemented "until the mother's milk comes
in" and that you should only breastfeed on one side starting at day 4,
sticking of course to her sched....oops -- routine.  And of course, on day
one, you only breastfeed for 5 minutes each side, 10 minutes on the second
day, 15 on the third day, and then at least 18 on the fourth day (only on one
side) because it takes that long for the baby to get the hind milk.  (Has to
get through the "Quencher" and the "foremilk" before he gets the "good"
stuff.)

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC
Administrative & Program Director
Lactation Education Consultants
Wheaton, Illinois
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

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