A baby that is unable to nurse may get even more confused if
given rubber nipples to suck on.
Not exact matches
Babies can be confused by the whole new experience of using a
rubber nipple, but if you express some milk and put it on the
nipple before
giving it to baby, it can help familiarize them with the situation.
During this period,
give your baby expressed milk but avoid using a
rubber nipple.
While literally everyone else in the room lifted their shirts and nursed their babies, I took out a plastic bottle of pumped breastmilk from my mini-cooler, mixed in fortified formula, attached a
rubber nipple, and
gave it to my baby.
A pacifier (American English), dummy (British English) or soother (Canadian English), is a
rubber or plastic
nipple given to an infant or other young child to suck upon.