Dear Jennifer, An LC that I respect very much once told me that you can start cutting off the tip portion of the nipple shield gradually untill the baby gets used to having the nipple in his mouth instead of the nipple shield. I have never tried it. I'd love the hear the opinions of others on this matter. Vaishali Kute, MD *********************************************** 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