I had the same reaction when I attended the excellent ILCA preconference session in 2001 about BF'g the baby with orofacial anomalies. The OTs and RDs all talked glowingly about "pigeon feeders." I imagined myself having to walk into a pet supply store, asking where the bird supplies are .... I was told "Pigeon" is a well-known baby products co. in Japan. Something like Gerber in the USA. They make a bottle nipple for use by cleft palate babies. Its distinctive feature is that babies can get milk out of the bottle simple by compressing on the teat -- they don't have to *also* "suck in," a skill which is often impossible when babies have clefts that do not permit a proper seal. Also, the Pigeon feeders look like a "regular" bottle and nipple -- unlike the Haberman, where the teat stands up and away from the bottle on a pedestal, if you will. The docs and nurses report that the families value having this feeding device: not only because it works, and is inexpensive, but because its appearance does not draw attention to itself. Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC Wyndmoor, PA, USA _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com *********************************************** 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