Loni,
Bypassing all the advice about alternatives to bottles and teats, I take it
you have a mother who has decided that this is the way for her - end of
discussion.
Robyn Noble (IBCLC) and Anne Bovey (Speech Pathologist) here in Brisbane,
Australia have studied the use of artificial teats on breastfeeding babies
and they definitely DON'T recommend the N-- teat.  It's too short, finishing
midway in the baby's mouth and the shape of it encourages the baby to pull
back its tongue to lie along that flattened bit at the tip.
Here in Australia we have one called a Babysafe which is what they
recommend.  Anyway its a long, ordinary shaped teat.  Next time you have
your finger in a baby's mouth look to see where the lips come to on your
finger (when the tip is at the junction of the soft and hard palate), then
measure up the teats in the shop to find one long enough.
With the Babysafe the baby should take the WHOLE teat into his mouth - up to
the bottle cap.  This helps to open the baby's mouth a bit, not much, but
more than usual on a bottle (and perhaps, more than when finger feeding
too).  You will need to choose a slow-flow one though (the Babysafe has a
'newborn' variety which has just one hole).
Good luck.

Denise
IBCLC, Brisbane, Australia

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