I have to comment on this. Last week I was helping in our church nursery and it came time to bottle feed a 6 week old babe. The bottle had formula in it (very foul smelling stuff:( The entire time I fed her her breathing was labored and she seemed to have a really hard time with it. When she wasn't feeding her breathing was fine, no cold or anything wrong with her. I could not see how it was easier at all. I did give her frequent breaks. I also noticed that she never took more than 5 or 6 sucks in a row, but would stop frequently. What about the research that babies do better with their O2 sats when breastfeeding vs. bottle feeding? Hoping someone will have a rebuttal against him. Sheena Carnes-MOM, BSN, RN, LLL Leader Iowa *********************************************** 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