I saw mentioned a few days ago, the use of an oral syringe for alternative feedings. I have used this a few times, and have found it effective. The advantage over the dropper is, of course, the baby cannot suck the contents out. (Well, I suppose a real barracuda sucker could manage to do it.) The contents must be pushed out with the plunger and the parents have really good control over the flow. I have showed the parents to use it the same as described with the dropper. Smiles, Merilee who loves the quote about driving your teenagers crazy, been there already and have really enjoyed it! *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html