There has been
no nipple confusion at all.
If he's 10 weeks old and has been exclusively nursing, he's not going to get
nipple confusion at this point, especially if it's only one day of taking only a bottle.
Spoon feeding or allowing the baby to take tiny sips from a small infant cup removes the potential for them to get used to the sucking relationship with a bottle nipple and later experience
nipple confusion at the breast.
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.
Not exact matches
I wanted to nurse for
at least a year, but by giving him this bottle, I was afraid he would succumb to the oft - mentioned, deeply dreaded «
nipple confusion» and reject the breast completely.
Be advised that you will want to avoid bottles unless medically indicated for
at least 4 weeks if possible in order to lessen the risk of
nipple confusion Plan to pump milk to stockpile whenever the opportunity arises:
If your baby is given bottles too early, before he learns to breastfeed well, he may be
at risk for
nipple confusion which may in turn put your milk supply
at risk for never becoming fully established and result in your baby's frustration
at and perhaps rejection of the breast.
Signs of
nipple confusion in the baby include: pushing mother's
nipple out of the mouth, crying in frustration
at latch - on or shortly thereafter, pushing back from the breast, or trying to suck
at the breast as he does with the bottle.
Your baby may have difficulty suckling, or you may not want to risk
nipple / teat
confusion if baby can nurse
at the breast.
If a baby changes the way they suck because of bottle - feeding, known as
Nipple Confusion, they will need to be retrained to suck properly
at breast.
Problem called
nipple - teat
confusion may occur if your baby starts to refuse feeding
at the breast as the action differs to bottle feeding.
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.
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).
One reason that many pediatricians and breastfeeding experts recommend not, say, introducing a bottle
at the VERY outset is that it may lead to something called «
nipple confusion,» or basically interfere with breastfeeding being successful.
Well it's
at least a possibility that giving a pacifier before breastfeeding is firmly established might lead to
nipple confusion, too.
However allowing baby to engage in non-nutritive sucking
at the breast as a source of comfort (as opposed to use of a pacifier) can be beneficial to the overall breastfeeding relationship and avoids any potential
nipple confusion.
Other reasons to pacify a baby primarily
at the breast include superior oral - facial development, prolonged lactational amenorrhea, avoidance of
nipple confusion, and stimulation of an adequate milk supply to ensure higher rates of breastfeeding success.»
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Granted I started the bottle
at 3 months old, so I can see some concern in
nipple confusion if used
at an earlier age.
The SNS
at least lets you feed only once while giving the stimulation you need for milk supply and avoiding
nipple confusion (a bad latch can not only give sore
nipples but lower milk supply from a bad suck).
The bottle supplementing also led to some
nipple confusion and latching problems — he wouldnt try too hard
at the breast since the bottle (easy flow) soon followed and I ended up with really sore
nipples from improper latch.
My baby got
nipple confusion from her first bottle feeding
at 6 weeks old.
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.
«
At 6 weeks old, you probably don't need to worry about
nipple confusion.
Many babies and toddlers can not take bottles without the risk of
nipple confusion and breast rejection, many women are not successful
at pumping large quantities of milk and keeping up their supplies when separated from their children and there really isn't a way around these problems.
Some babies prefer the stronger sucking trigger of an artificial
nipple, leading to
confusion about how to nurse
at the softer breast.
It's also about preventing
nipple confusion, which may be something your little one has to deal with
at one time or another.
An infant must learn to attach and suckle properly
at the breast during the first few days of life to successfully establish breastfeeding.1,, 2 Early oral experiences that require sucking mechanics different from those required for breastfeeding are believed to contribute to the development of improper latch and subsequent breastfeeding failure — a problem described as
nipple confusion.2 — 4 The avoidance of pacifiers was included as 1 of 10 steps for successful breastfeeding in the 1990 Innocenti Declaration on maternity services and breastfeeding, and many experts recommend that mothers who are breastfeeding avoid exposing their infants to artificial suckling experiences including use of pacifiers.5 — 7
When I brought her home
at two weeks old I persisted and used an SNS with bottle on my neck and tube on myself so as not to bring
nipple confusion.