I have been following Brian Palmer,DDS, and Nancy Shenk's, BS, IBCLC, recent
posts on difficulties due to bottle feeding.  It brought to mind an article
that appeared in "Awake", May 22, 1993.

"About 25 percent of Japan's children experience eating difficulties.  The
cause may be bottle feeding.  For over 20 years, reports "Asahi Evening
News," nursery school teachers have noticed that some children have
difficulty with food that is hard to chew.  Some children have trouble
swallowing it, others spit it out, and some even have it in their mouths
after their afternoon nap.  Doctors have observed that the jaws of these
children are weak and their chins are small.  Dentist Naohiko Inoue and
public health specialist Reiko Dakashita claim to have traced the cause to
infancy and blame bottle feeding.  It seems when babies feed from bottles,
they tend to suck without moving their jaws.   Breastfeeding babies,
however, vigorously use their jaws and strengthen the very muscles they will
later need to chew food.

Just another piece of the problem...

Terriann Shell, IBCLC
Delaware