I have never seen mentioned on Lactnet about "softcups" by M*d*l* Forgive me if I am putting my foot into something that has already been discussed. I have found out that nursing staff have to be weaned as much as babies do - when I started in the ward I stopped the bottles (war) and started to use "softcups" which give out a measured amount of milk and there is no nipple confusion. There extra feeds have been drastically cut back but are still being given especially at night. I would highly recommend that if your problems are bottles try swopping to "softcups" and start the weaning process. I recall a couple weeks back that I think, Sandy Hess said that she was prepared to relactate to nurse her grandchildren. Sandy, I laughed and laughed - show it to my 18 year-old son whose comment was "You'd do the same Mum". I was late picking him up after counselling a mother and apologised profusely - he gave me "that" look and said "So ..... did she have flat nipples, cracked nipples or engorgement?" I was flabbergasted and loved it - he knows about breastfeeding!!! Barbie Currie. White River, Mpumalanga, South Africa. [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(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html