Jennifer, I don't have alot of experience with babies with this exact diagnosis, but I've seen plenty with similar swallowing studies. Thickening is usually with rice cereal, almost always. In this case I don't see the point in not working toward getting him on the breast; I never worry much about aspiration of breastmilk, where if the milk is fortified or artificial, there are big concerns! Keep up the good work on this heartbreaker, Maeve *********************************************** 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