In einer eMail vom 20-6-01 15:36:13 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt
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> So I am asking for suggestions for getting a baby who is mainly bottle
> feeding with EBM, who will suckle at a full breast and get 1-1/2 ounces and
> fall asleep or be fussy with hunger, to be a breastfed baby.
>
> Mom's milk supply is adequate now, the latch is good, but the suck is a
> bottle suck--not very strong and used to the steady rate of the bottle.

Pat, since the baby's latch is good, but the suck weak, I'd suggest to give
the EBM by any kind of nursing-aid system (SNS or alike) and start with a
flow similar to a bottle flow, *slowly* decreasing to breast-similar. That
way the baby would have the benefits of at-breast feeding and will no longer
be exposed to the very different bottle-suck experience. The slowly
decreasing flow may gradually bring him to suck with some more power.

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Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC
MOM, LLLL, primary schoolteacher
Hiilensberg, Germany

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