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1. Nipple confusion/syringe/cup feeding policy

   stormsurge replied to stormsurge's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thats a fantastic video! Thanks for posting the link. This is also one of the only demonstrations of spoon feeding I've ever seen. We all have plastic spoons in the workplace, and parents all have spoons at home. There's only so much volume you ca...

2. Nipple confusion/syringe/cup feeding policy

   stormsurge replied to stormsurge's topic in Ob/Gyn

   That's fascinating! Agreed - cup feeding for healthy term infants has no scientific evidence to support it (in developed countries). My research was mainly descriptive - and whilst many mothers had knowledge of cup feeding, they did not prefer to use...

3. Nipple confusion/syringe/cup feeding policy

   stormsurge replied to stormsurge's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello, Thanks for your input. Interesting - plaques in the staff only areas! We are not a BFHI hospital either, but our educators office, the handover room and even the staff TOILET have these posters. Somehow when I work, I dunno, that thing gets ...

4. Nipple confusion/syringe/cup feeding policy

   stormsurge replied to stormsurge's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm very interested to hear that Latin American women combine breast and bottle. I'm sure there are pockets of Vietnamese communities there as well. We have vietnamese ladies here in my town, they are so polite. They will never argue with you abou...

5. Nipple confusion/syringe/cup feeding policy

   stormsurge replied to stormsurge's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for that! Your input is very much valued. It seems there is alot of 'clinician' based decisions. We have that too. And opinions differ, even within an institution. When you say 'medically indicated', does that mean you have to wait for a Dr...

6. Nipple confusion/syringe/cup feeding policy

   stormsurge posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am finishing a research project about the alternative techniques we use to feed healthy term infants when they cannot be breastfed (either a one-off or a few times - during the first few days). These are cup, syringe, finger feeding, supplemental ...