It's generally best to avoid bottles and pacifiers, because a baby may get used to the feel of the rubber nipples and refuse to go back to the breast, a situation known
as nipple preference.
Nipple confusion is better defined
as nipple preference, and it happens when a baby learns to prefer bottle feeding to breastfeeding.
Some moms feel guilt when introducing a bottle because it's a huge change for baby, while some moms worry about nipple confusion (also known
as nipple preference).
Not exact matches
As with many things with babies, some take to the bottle really easy and show little
preference, other babies are more picky about which
nipple they use and others are pretty darn stubborn about not taking a bottle.
If you have a baby who has preferred the bottle and you want them back on the breast, Gourley says that it's often not a
nipple preference, but a flow
preference as to why your child doesn't want the breast.
Nipple confusion, also called nipple preference, occurs when breastfed babies are given artificial nipples such as bottle nipples and pacifiers too soon after
Nipple confusion, also called
nipple preference, occurs when breastfed babies are given artificial nipples such as bottle nipples and pacifiers too soon after
nipple preference, occurs when breastfed babies are given artificial
nipples such
as bottle
nipples and pacifiers too soon after birth.