How awful! I hope the parents are the forgiving sort :-) I had a scare with my first baby 8 years ago when an LC came to my house and taught me to finger feed with the tube along the side of my finger and taped in place with one piece of tape running alongside my finger (i.e., the tube is centered under the piece of tape), but then two support pieces of tape going around my finger like a ring, one just above my first digit and the other somewhere nearer to my hand. I remember fingerfeeding and noticing that the lower (i.e., closer to the tip of the finger) piece of tape was gone, but I thought maybe I had been too tired to put it on. Hours later, I was changing my son on the changing table and I noticed he was gagging on something, which turned out to be the piece of tape. I was lucky, but will never forget the stab of fear in me as I realized what was lodged in his throat. I rarely recommend finger-feeding with my clients, but when I do, I use only the long piece of tape that coincides with the actual tube. I make sure the tape extends all the way up to the "V" of the finger, i.e., the junction of the finger and the neighboring finger. It's pretty tough for a new mom to finger-feed without anything anchoring the tube in place, but I suppose she could try. Heather Kelly, MA, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html