The search continues for the bottle nipple which will solve--or at least not
complicate-- our mother's breastfeeding or latch-on problems....:->  (For
when the use is unavoidable only of course--far be it from me to recommend
such things...)

I am curious if anyone knows anything about dripless nipples.  Last week I
purchased a set of silicone P-------- dripless nipples to see how they
worked.  They have a slit rather than a round hole.  Without compression the
milk or juice won't flow and spill all over everything.  What intriges me is
that if the nipple requires compression, then wouldn't that give the baby
more control over his/her feeding?  Letting up on the nipple would stop the
flow and allow for the baby to pause.  hmmm.  Baby wouldn't have to drink or
drown.  This might be more like finger-feeding.

Problem is that the nipple is for age 3 months and over and I don't know why.
 Is it too difficult for an infant to use or is the flow actually too fast?
 Also, my experimentation led me to conclude that compression on the tip
gives the best flow--and I don't want a baby to compress mom's nipple tip...
 Well, any other thoughts or does anyone have clinical experience with this
type of bottle nipple?  Need and brain-storming are the parents of invention
are they not?

Natalie J. Shenk, BS IBCLC
Private Practice LC in Findlay, OH
(new to LactNet and loving to read the exchange of ideas and brainstorming!
THANKS to all who make it possible--esp our overseers)