Cup feeding cannot be recommended as a method of supplementation in
breast-feeding infants


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-04/jws-cfc041607.php

 


The latest findings from the Cochrane Library


Newborn infants who are cup-fed as at least part of their feeding regime,
are more likely to be exclusively breast-fed when they leave hospital, but
are no more likely to be breast-fed three or six months later, a team of
Cochrane researchers have found. Moreover, cup-fed babies stay an average of
10 days longer in hospital. The lack of clear benefit, combined with the
additional cost of the extended hospital, stay means that cup feeding cannot
be recommended.

(see link for full press release)

 

Janice Reynolds


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