I note with interest an article 'early introduction  of oral feeding in
preterm infants' by Simpson, C Schanler, r and Lau, C (2002) 110 (3)
p517-522

what do others of you make of this in the light of all that has been said to
date regarding nipple confusion and the early introduction of bottle teats?

Authors claim early introduction of "oral feeds" gives the baby opportunity
to "practice and enhance oral motor skills". they found no difference in
oxygen desaturation and, bradycardia or weight gain between experimental and
control group.

but previous studies as far as I know  have shown difference in the above
between bottle and breast feeding babies. another problem I see is that
there is no mention of what type of bottle teat was used. will we ever get
to the place where human oral anatomy and physiology for infant feeding  is
understood clearly and considered in the making and use  of bottle teats (I
prefer to call the rubber/silicone/plastic/artificial ones teats not nipples
although I can see there may be very little difference.

thank you for your comments references thoughts and experiences on this one.

Ruth


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Ruth Cantrill
Griffith University
NATHAN QLD   4111

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