Breastfeeding depends on two people. I think the worst combination is a very impatient baby and a nervous, unconfident mother. However, with a lot of encouragement and a nursing supplementer, I have been able to get some of these babies back to breast. I have never used finger feeding. Our nursery supervisor is uncomfortable with cup feeding (despite Sandra Lang's article and video and an excellent inservice on the subject by one of our nursery nurses) and has decided that we will not do it. I don't know if I could get permission to finger feed with the SNS (since that is the one alternative feeding method with which she is comfortable). However, I am wondering how much better finger feeding is than bottle feeding. I know it involves skin rather than plastic, but we are still inserting a discreet object into the baby's mouth. Is it worth going after. Right now almost any baby for whom it is felt supplementation is necessary is given a bottle. Bonnie