Cindy writes that this baby has had lots of bottles. She says that the baby does 2-3 deep sucks and then switches to non-nutritive sucking. I think this baby has learned to comfort (and sleep) at the breast while waiting to get her feeding from the bottle. I would strongly encourage the mother to supplement at the breast and/or to finger feed as much as possible. Mother needs to understand what the baby has learned (if you will suck on the breast at least occasionally for x number of minutes, you can have your bottle). If she understands that the supplementer (would she be more comfortable with a commercial variety?) is temporary, she might be more willing to put up with the inconvenience. Lots of skin-to-skin, co-sleeping (if appropriate and comfortable for this mother) and co-bathing would also be likely to help. Please keep us posted. Bonnie Jones, RN, ICCE, IBCLC