Edie Armstrong wrote that she liked infants to put their tongues under
the rim of the cup b/c it helped with tongue cupping, and isn't that what
we wanted?

 Gee, I use cup-feeding to encourage the baby to extend his tongue--first
use charm hold to tire the tongue then cup-feed (with the center of the
cup on the center of the baby's bottom lip and fluid just up to
lip)--often using just water b/c mom doesn't have any EBM or
colustrum--until baby extends tongue and laps well--the *wisk* the
munchkin to breast.  Doesn't work 100% of the time, but my success rate
is high enough that I keep trying it......

Karen Zeretzke
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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