Had occasion to help mom this week with 2 month old. She can't get the baby off the shield. Reinforces my bias against them I am afraid. Fortunately her milk supply seems more than adequate as baby is gaining well. She is frustrated and fed up with the shield tho and lacking in confidence. Baby was given shield for sore nipples I believe. Was also supplemented with formula in hospital because of jaundice (arrggh!).However, the night that I saw her she ws able to get the baby to latch on without the shield but he kept popping on & off, & she felt he was just playing - told her that was okay, give him time to get used to the taste & the feel. I was just so pleased that the baby wasn't screaming or refusing (like my own did when nipple confused). Then when the letdown came he obviously had a lot of trouble handling it and came off when he finished, not really fussing but squirmy. See, she said, this is what he does, this is when I put on the shield.Anyways, I won't go into more detail - suffice to say I think she feels confident enough now to try a few things and hopefully she will get back to breastfeeding the way nature intended. It was just so sad and frustrating to watch her nursing from across the room, at the beginning of the evening, struggling with the shield, using the transition hold (another pet peeve of mine) which it turned out was giving her back strain....enough venting. Deborah Sowery-Quinn Canada _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. *********************************************** 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