As far as I can see, all the posts reiterate the problem I was hoping to find a solution to: there is no freely available video out there (YouTube, even) showing how to bottle feed a baby responsively, avoding overfeeding, rushing, stressing. There are too many films available showing how not to do it, even from sources you would hope knew better! I found the info sheet that used to be available on the Baby-Friendly UK website, on safe preparation of bottle feeds, useful for the preparation part. It was also WAY more meticulous than anything I've seen produced in Norway. It is not a violation of the WHO Code to instruct parents in safe preparation of artificial feeds or in how to give a bottle, but it is a requirement in Baby-Friendly evaluation that such instruction be given individually to those who need it, not provided in a group as though it is something all new mothers ought to know how to do. For that reason it should not be included in instructional films for use in routine postpartum teaching about infant feeding. The routine, universal info is the breastfeeding info. The other info is for defined subgroups who need it. Still wondering whether we should make such material available on the BF org website :-) Possibly something for the mother-to-mother bottle feeding support website. I'm not joking, there are a couple of mothers who started such a site a few years back when they discovered that nobody in the health services was willing to instruct them on even the safe preparation of artficial feeds, some of them even using Baby-Friendly requirements as an excuse! These mothers had intended to breastfeed and experienced problems getting their babies to breast that led them to end up bottle feeding, whether it was expressed milk or formula. They identified a serious lack in the health services, a lack that still exists, despite the professed wish on the part of many public health nurses to avoid making mothers who bottle-feed, feel guilty, by informing them honestly about the differences between breastfeeding and artificial feeding. Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome