Cup feeding for infants has been studied since the 1940s! A cup or spoon is
an efficient way to get colostrum into a baby without using a bottle,
especially since colostrum is very tiny amounts. Newborns do not need the
amounts that are currently being given to newborn formula fed babies.
(That's another whole topic - amounts needed in first few days). Personally
I think of cup feeding or spoon feeding, as a short term solution, Lactaid
as a long term solution, which is probably not needed in the first five
days for a normal, healthy newborn.
Jack Newman sent these titles to Lactnet in 2000.
Armstrong, H. Techniques of feeding infants: the Case for Cup Feeding.
Research in Action 1998, no.8:1-6
Lang, S., Lawrence, C.J., L'E Orme, R. Cup Feeding: an alternative method of
infant feeding. Arch Dis Child 1994; 71:365-369.
UNICEF/WHO has published Breastfeeding counseling: A Training Course, p.
136-137 (sorry couldn't find a year on it.
Also Physiologic Stability of Newborns During Cup- or Bottle-Feeding,
Howard, C.,et al. Pediatrics 104,
Supplement Nov 1999, p.1204-1207.
There are more! See Lactnet Archives Feb 12, 2005 12:24 PM letter from
Virgina Wall - lists several more
IBFAN Africa Statement on Cups
Practice Update from Lactation Education Resources, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring
1999 Has 11 ref.
2006 Cup-Feeding: Policy and Procedure, Wight, N. E., MD , San Diego County
Breastfeeding Coalition
A Comparison of the Safety of Cupfeedings and Bottlefeedings in Premature
Infants Whose Mothers Intend to Breastfeed. Marinelli, K.A. et al J
Perinatology,,2001, 21, 350-355. (not sure if correct cite, not good copy
:-(
Supplementation of Breastfeeding Newborns: A Flow Chart for Decision Making.
Glover, J. JHL 11(2), p.127-131. 1995
There are even more. I don't have time to enter them all. Pat in SNJ
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