You are right....makes no difference what is in the bottle at night. And that is why this "experiment" got different results than what many parents report happening when a breastbed baby (not one fed breastmilk via bottle) gets a bottle of anything (not necessarily formula) at night. I think what happens is the baby takes in more at the bottle than he normally would from the breast, just because he can....so they often sleep longer. I don't know that there has been any studies done on this...but I dont need one, as many of the parents I work with discover this on their own! Some decide it is not worth the hassle to play with bottles (and pump the milk if tht is what is in the bottle) and settle back into a normal nighttime breastfeeding routine....others feel differently and continue with the night time bottles, then wonder later why the milk supply is tanking! *********************************************** 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