We never had the slightest problem with nipple preference with Liam (although he started on bottles a little later). As far as he's concerned, if it's got milk in it, he's there - bottles, my boobs, somebody else's boobs - all the same to him.
One of my neighbors, who is an OB nurse, thinks the whole nipple preference thing is bunk. The Hispanic women she sees in the hospital don't believe in nursing until the milk has come in, so they use bottles until that happens and then transition to breastfeeding no problem. But then I've heard from other people who have had problems, so...
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Date: 2005-04-21 01:25 pm (UTC)We never had the slightest problem with nipple preference with Liam (although he started on bottles a little later). As far as he's concerned, if it's got milk in it, he's there - bottles, my boobs, somebody else's boobs - all the same to him.
One of my neighbors, who is an OB nurse, thinks the whole nipple preference thing is bunk. The Hispanic women she sees in the hospital don't believe in nursing until the milk has come in, so they use bottles until that happens and then transition to breastfeeding no problem. But then I've heard from other people who have had problems, so...