So much more convenient and less stress for both me and the baby and I didn't have any problems with
nipple confusion later on once they finally started to pull out.
Not exact matches
I can still remember how shattered I felt when a well - meaning friend, visiting when my eldest was 6 days old and not latching well (she was a
late prem), watched me struggle to attach her then eventually give her a bottle of expressed breast milk in tears, and said «You know she's going to get
nipple - teat
confusion, right?
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.
She had
nipple confusion because the day shift in the nursery had given her a bottle and I did not get to see her until 5 hours
later.