Nipple Confusion or Breast/Bottle Preference? What is it? What to DO in feeding therapy.
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This episode addresses the issue of Nipple Confusion. Is it real? Or is it a preference? Or an oral motor problem showing itself in two distinct methods of feeding? Baby can’t or won’t take a bottle and mom has to return to work? This episode gives you ideas of how to help. Baby has taken a bottle but is now refusing breast? What do you DO? These are very treatable disorders. How can you build two great experiences?
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