I agree with Regina, that a long pre-formed teat can make taking the 
breast more difficult for some babies. I have tried the Calma bottle 
(myself, it does require negative pressure) but the teat is an open 
spout with a valve at the base, and is very long. I don't see any 
advantage at all over fingerfeeding or using a standard bottle with a 
shorter teat in a way that is more friendly to bf. BTW, a Hazelbaker 
fingerfeeder tube can be treaded through the nipple hole on a Playtex 
NaturaLatch nipple and the feeder placed in the bottle holder, without 
the drop in liner in place. This makes a bottle that requires negative 
pressure to transfer any milk! The fingerfeeder is distributed by 
Hygeia, a Code compliant company.

Catherine Watson Genna BS, IBCLC  NYC  cwgenna.com


On 2/10/2011 8:15 AM, Regina M. Roig-Romero, Bs Ibclc wrote:
> Amy said,<<  In the photo, the nipple length appears quite long, and I
> wonder if it would cause many babies to gag before their lips were able
> to accept a portion of the base.>>
>
> The length of the nipple was my first concern as well when I looked at
> the photos just now. I CANNOT ABIDE long-nippled bottles. Many babies
> cannot latch onto the base on long nipples so they end up opening their
> mouths just a teeny bit (only wide enough to accept the nipple - no need
> to open wide for the base if the nipple is too damn long to reach it!)
> If baby gets used to a long artificial nipple before learning to latch
> well there are often two outcomes:
>
> 1) Mom also has long nipples and routinely gets BIT or otherwise hurt
> 2) Mom does not have long nipples and baby WON'T LATCH because he's
> looking for a long hard nipple to inadvertently hurt and can't find one
> on mom.
>
> And now Medela has perpetrated this? ARRRGGGG. (Not that I'm surprised.)
>
>
> They can't tell me it'll eliminate nipple confusion; as far as I'm
> concerned there is more than one kind.
>
> Just my my clinical experience talking.....
>
>
> Regina Roig-Romero BS, IBCLC
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