I breast fed my baby and used a pacifier, it never
caused nipple confusion.
I probably express a concern about using artificial nipples, because the lactation consultant said that we could use Nuk nipples which «are much less likely to
cause nipple confusion.»
If a mom asked for formula or even a pacifier, we had to document that we informed the mom that an artificial nipple could
cause nipple confusion and impair nursing, of course making them feel incredibly guilty.
Since your baby is already 4 months old, there is no real concern that giving your baby a bottle will
cause nipple confusion at this point.
Be sure to rule out all possibilities for the discomfort before offering a bottle, as this solution, even if it pacifies your baby temporarily, can undermine breastfeeding success by
causing nipple confusion and / or decreased milk production.
Additionally, giving your baby a bottle can reportedly also
cause nipple confusion and result in the baby refusing the breast.
Despite the argument that «breast is best» and introducing a bottle can
cause nipple confusion or make babies «lazy» at the breast, a study published in Pediatrics concluded that early supplementing may actually increase the duration of your breastfeeding journey.
No warning that those nipples are ones that commonly
cause nipple confusion!
I would struggle to wake her up enough to nurse her for a few minutes, then I would pump, feed her the pumped milk out of a shot glass (so as not to
cause nipple confusion), then top her up with formula out of the shot glass as well.
Bottle is bottle with either formula or breastmilk, either way it can
cause nipple confusion / preference.
Another thing is that they might
cause nipple confusion in your baby.
Like pacifiers, the early introduction of a bottle can
cause nipple confusion, and sometimes a baby will prefer the bottle to the breast.
A pacifier can
cause nipple confusion in an infant and also it can be associated with premature weaning.
A pacifier given too early can
cause nipple confusion.
My doctor told us that neither a bottle or a pacifier will
cause nipple confusion... and my first two girls WANTED (dare I say needed) a pacifier, even though they were well fed from the breast, and not once did we ever have any problems with them being confused.
Many reasons... for me to pump milk would have taken quite a long time and her baby needed milk right at that moment, she did not want her baby to breastfeed on an artificial nipple as this can
cause nipple confusion, she wanted her baby to have the closeness and comfort of breastfeeding and it was simply the natural thing to do.
Once a day is sufficient, and it won't
cause nipple confusion, but what it will do is get your baby used to a bottle, so that when you go back to work you don't have any concerns about your baby refusing a bottle.
You may have heard it could
cause nipple confusion or make your baby not want to latch on.
These can
cause nipple confusion or satiate a baby's need to nurse to some extent.
I knew to watch out for hospital staff giving my baby a pacifier and a bottle as this might
cause nipple confusion.
Not exact matches
The reasoning behind this is that it can
cause «
nipple confusion» meaning the baby gets confused about the sucking technique required for each and tends to favour the soother over the breast if he is always sucking on a soother between feeds.
But I used them for finger feeding via a syringe and tubing taped to my finger (she would suck on my finger to eat which was apparently supposed to
cause less
nipple confusion).
Accredited Breastfeeding Counselor Megan Hartless wrote on her website that
nipple confusion can be the
cause of a your baby's poor latch.
Introducing them before breastfeeding might
cause «
nipple confusion,» and can lead to an infant giving up the breast.
It can be easier if there has not been any
nipple confusion caused by early introduction of artificial
nipples.
The bottle feeding may
cause confusion with
nipple and it leads to the failure of breast feeding.
Every pacifier of the brand Tomme Tippee has the same baby approved
nipple, so you can switch from one to another without
causing any
confusion to your little one.
Those
nipples can
cause major
nipple confusion especially in a child young enough to only take 2 ounces of milk at a time (the size of the breastmilk storage bottles they give you).
the inability to latch on correctly led to very sore
nipples which
caused me to occasionally give bottles and she got
nipple confusion and refused to nurse.
♥ Similar to
nipple confusion caused by bottle feeding or pacifiers babies get used to feeding with the shield and have to be weaned from it which for some is a long and stressful process.
I understand I am
causing him to develop a case of
nipple confusion, however I really want to cut out the bottle altogether and get him back to using his muscles in latching on and sucking correctly while breastfeeding.
The
nipple closely resembles bottles and mom's
nipples and does not
cause confusion or difficulty in feeding (in most cases).
Fact: Switching your baby between a bottle and breast may
cause nipple preference or
confusion.
The reason for this is
caused by concerns regarding
nipple confusion that arises when a baby is using a pacifier before they have learned to perfect latching on to mommy's
nipple.