In a message dated 5/19/2002 12:01:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time:

> I've refined
> my thinking to the extent that I no longer believe that the problem is
> nipple
> confusion per se.  I do think that many baies become rapidly accustomed to
> the fast and steady flow of the bottle and become very impatient with the
> way
> milk flows from the breast--i.e. in a pattern of ebb and flow.  We have
> NICU
> graduates return to our outpatient clinic after basically bottle feeding.
> Mom
> may still have a good supply and yes the baby will latch, but darn it all,
> that breast doesn't work like the bottle and the hungry baby has very
> little
> patience with it.


Yes, that seems to be a nipple *flow preference*, the baby is not confused at
all, ...the baby knows which one works easier and faster.

Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the Fairfax County suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway

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