Why is the Lactation Aid Better?
• babies learn to breast feed by breastfeeding • mothers learn to breast feed by breastfeeding • the baby continues to get your milk • the baby won’t reject the breast • here is more to breastfeeding than breast milk What is a Lactation Aid? A lactation aid consists of a container for the supplement-usually a feeding bottle with an enlarged nipple hole-and a long, thin tube leading from this container. Manufactured lactation aids are also available and are easier to use in some situations, but not necessarily so. Manufactured lactation aids are particularly useful when the need for a lactation aid arises in an older baby, when a mother needs to supplement twins, when the need for a lactation aid will be long term, or whenever difficulty arises using the improvised lactation aid. Though the manufactured lactation aid is not inexpensive, the cost is about equal to 2 weeks of the usual milk based formula. Please Note: Using a tube with a syringe, with or without a plunger, instead of the
