I have tried to do a literature search on how bottle feeding is taught and the results are discouraging. I have come to agree with Dee Kassing's article on bottle feeding and tell parents not to think that bottle feeding is like breastfeeding to the baby. It is not the tongue action so much that concerns me as how fast the milk flows and babies cannot do their typical nonnutritive sucking on a bottle without still forced to drink milk. It is sad to watch nurses and parents bottle feed babies when they do not watch the baby or try to encourage a larger intake. I still like the analogy of breastfeeding is like drinking from a straw and bottle feeding is like drinking with a funnel to a newborn. Who the origin of this analogy is, I am not sure. It is interesting on the person who needs literature on the safety of cup and finger feeding but none of the literature states that bottle feeding is any safer and there is research that shows the risk of bottle feeding. It is just more accepted. Ann Perry RN, IBCLC Boston, MA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html