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Laura Wasielewski <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:02:51 -0500
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Debbie,

Just to clarify, it doesn't matter if the formula and breastmilk are being fed from the same bottles in exactly the same way, the breastmilk will always flow faster because the breastmilk is a thinner liquid than the formula. Just like if you suck water up a straw it will come a lot faster than if you suck a thick milk shake up that same straw. So this little one probably still has some immaturity in the suck-swallow-breathe mechanism and is finding the thicker, slower flowing fluid easier to manage. Like Judy, that would be my first guess. And I would start with trying the things Judy recommended, first and foremost observing mom doing a bottle feed and then giving her some pointers and probably a slower flowing nipple. And as has been mentioned on this list before, you can't rely on the packaging to tell you which nipples are truly slow flowing.

-Laura Wasielewski MS, CCC-SLP, IBCLC
Los Angeles, CA

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