I was wondering how many people use cup feeding and what your experiences are
with this method. I personally have NEVER had a baby cup feed more than 30 cc
(usually it is less) when the baby signals that he is done. Yet, numerous
babies are being fed 2-3 ounces from a bottle by the staff nurses who then
say "see, he was hungry"....are there any others with my experiences??? Maybe
this will be an addition to my "future studies after I get my PhD" files.

Kathy Rubin IBCLC RNC APN C in NJ (now a full-time PhD student)

in reference to a recent post:

> sorry to share ... the article that he may be referring to is " feeding
>  outcome in breast-fed term babies supplemented by cup or bottle. Brown SJ,
>  Alexander J Thomas P Midwifery, Vol 15, No 2 June 1999 92-96.
>
>   Findings:
>   "there was no significant differences between the bottle and cup
>  supplentation groups in relation to feeding outcomes"
>
>   BUT they only loooked at 531 babies and it was retrospective.
>

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