> Mother of two week old baby was started on nipple shield in hospital.
> Shield is like a bottle nipple, firm and long.  Baby refuses to go to breast
> without shield.

Maybe you could have her try a flexible, silicone nipple shield as an
interim device.  Because it is shorter, softer and thinner it might more
closer approximate feeding at the breast.  Then after a time, when the
baby is comfortable with that shield, start trying to wean to the
breast.

Barb Berges BS,RN,IBCLC
Rochester, NY