Liz writes about a baby who shows signs of difficulty breathing while at the breast, but who can drink pumped breastmilk from a bottle without trouble. Liz, have you observed a bottle feed with this baby? A baby who needs to breathe through his mouth may be able to handle feeding by bottle if the nipple just lolls around in his mouth, not requiring him to seal off his oral cavity completely, so he can still get air while drinking. The breast requires a pretty complete seal by the lips and jaw, while a bottle doesn't. It does sound like something in the nasal passages, but what? At any rate, it's a good idea for this mother to be expressing milk at present, because the baby's technique sounds like it would put her at risk for a sudden drop in production due to lack of effective mechanical stimulation / good drainage by baby if she left it all up to him. Do let us know what you find out! Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** 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