Our NICU has had really good success with moving premies from gavage to breast. We make sure we introduce the breast first, do not introduce a bottle at all in the first week of oral feedings, and never bottle feed more times a day than breast feed. I know that Mary Grace Lanese did a study on this in Kansas which was presented at last year's conference, and I need her information desperately! Mary Grace, if you are on Lactnet, please email me privately and tell me if your research finally came out in a journal. (which journal?) If anybody else has seen that article on this subject, please let me know. Deanne *********************************************** 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