Thanks to Judy and Maria for replying! The moms I'm referring to have been exclusively bottle feeding - a combo of breastmilk in a bottle and formula in a bottle. I believe they are feeding the breastmilk and the formula with the same bottles/nipples, same speed, etc, but are telling me that baby refuses to drink the bottled breastmilk and yet happily takes the bottled formula. Have you ever encountered this situation, and/or do you have any thoughts on what may be going on? Again, I don't think it's lipase, since we're talking about freshly expressed milk. The only thing I can come up with is that it may be mom's way of expressing that she would rather give formula. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debbie writes: One of these moms has newborn twins, and the baby girl will supposedly drink breastmilk in a bottle, but the baby boy will only drink formula. After racking my brain, I cannot figure out what is going on. ~~~ Artificial infants milks flow may be flowing more slowly than mother's milk, could the baby feel unsafe with a faster flow rate than is experienced with the formula? Is mom used paced, upright bottlefeeding strategy with a "slow" ( meaning not overly fast) flow artificial nipple? I don't mean one that says Slow I mean one that we've seen actually is slow/responsive. Or is normal feeding such a challenge, or fast bottlefeeding such a habit that baby prefers having food poured down his throat with one of those pre-filled promotional giveaways with formula and those "speed feed" or "squash N flood" artificial nipples? Just a few things to consider... Peace, Judy Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL Brooklyn, NY, USA [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've been a lurker for a while and this is my first post, so I'm hopeful this topic has not been overdone or have a really obvious answer. I've recently encountered two or three moms who told me that their newborn refuses to drink breastmilk from a bottle, but will happily drink formula from a bottle. One of these moms has newborn twins, and the baby girl will supposedly drink breastmilk in a bottle, but the baby boy will only drink formula. After racking my brain, I cannot figure out what is going on. Are these moms making things up or misinterpreting their babies, or perhaps coming up with an excuse to formula feed? I realize mom's diet could possibly affect her milk, particularly in terms of dairy, soy etc. However, even in that case, could the newborn really discern this connection and opt for formula? Also, breastmilk tastes so much better than formula - why would any newborn prefer formula? And I should mention that none of these moms were freezing their milk - I believe they were all placing freshly expressed milk in a bottle - so a lipase issue seems moot. Thanks for shedding some light for me, as I'm sure others have encountered this situation as well. Debbie Farb, RN, BSN, MPH, IBCLC *********************************************** 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