Rob,
1.  Fingerfeeding is often helpful when baby has a lousy suck, depending
on the cause.  I advise the mom to fingerfeed until baby is no longer
'starving' and is sucking well, then immediatly try to latch baby on.
2.  I like the Nuk origional latex orthodontic step 2 (for 6-18 mo old
babies) medium flow nipple.  Whew!  All this description is necessary
because they have a zillion varieties!  The reason I like this nipple is
that it has a very fat base.  I advise moms to tickle baby's lips with
the bottle nipple, wait for a huge open mouth, then pull the baby on
like they would on the breast, and make sure the baby gets hisX-Mozilla-Status: 0009 of the nipple.  This way baby is practicing sucking with a
lot of teat in his mouth, just as he will need to on the breast.  Have
had quite a few breast refusing babies eventually take the breast after
being bottlefed this way when mom was unable to finger or cup feed.
3.  No, there's nothing that chocolate won't cure,X-Mozilla-Status: 0009
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Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  New York City  mailto:[log in to unmask]

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