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Nipple confusion is the tendency of an infant to unsuccessfully adapt between breast-feeding and bottle-feeding. It can happen when the infant is put back onto breast-feeding. Nipple confusion can turn into nipple refusal in which the infant refuses both the bottle and breastfeeding. [1] [2]
A baby bottle, nursing bottle, or feeding bottle is a bottle with a teat (also called a nipple in the US) attached to it, which creates the ability to drink via suckling. It is typically used by infants and young children , or if someone cannot (without difficulty) drink from a cup, for feeding oneself or being fed.
The feedings will last 30–40 minutes in the beginning, or 15–20 minutes per breast if breastfeeding. As the infant matures, the feeding times shorten. [1] Feeding often is important to promote normal growth and development, and maintain milk production in mothers who are breastfeeding. [5]
Worldwide, bottle-feeding of babies with improperly sanitized bottles is a significant cause. [15] Transmission rates are also related to poor hygiene, (especially among children), [ 18 ] in crowded households, [ 37 ] and in those with poor nutritional status. [ 17 ]
Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young. The process naturally occurs with all sexually mature female mammals, although it may predate mammals. [1] The process of feeding milk in all female creatures is called nursing, and in humans it is also called ...
It may have clinical benefits for preterm babies, such as helping them progress from tube to bottle feeding. [13] Infants who use pacifiers may have more ear infections (otitis media). [14] The effectiveness of avoiding the use of a pacifier to prevent ear infections is not known. [15]
The reasons for this are varied: to feed young animals, to drain a woman's breasts, to promote lactation, to harden the nipples before a baby is born, to prevent conception, and so on. [17] Simoons and Baldwin gathered and summarized global accounts of human-animal breastfeeding in their 1982 paper entitled, “Breast-Feeding of Animals by ...
Breastfeeding must be the infant's only (or almost only) source of nutrition. Feeding formula, pumping instead of nursing, [16] and feeding solids all reduce the effectiveness of LAM. The infant must breastfeed at least every four hours during the day and at least every six hours at night. [17] The infant must be less than six months old.