I know I've posted on this in the past and don't have time to look it up now (check archives in the last year or so under nipple confusion and my name). I feel the problem is that we are lumping several potential difficulties under the heading "nipple confusion". For every difference between action/feel of breast vs bottle (or more accurately, human nipple/breast vs artificial nipple), there is potentially a baby for whom that difference can be a stumbling block. For some it is "shape confusion", for some "rate confusion", parhaps "texture confusion", "flow confusion", "taste confusion", "temperature confusion", "where it stimulates the mouth confusion",etc. etc. Winnie *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html