Is immediate, undisrupted breastfeeding needed for long term success?
I found this from 1992 in American Academy of Pediatrics. Single Daily Bottle Use in the Early Weeks Postpartum and Breast-Feeding Outcomes Linda Cronenwett PhD, RN1, Therese Stukel PhD1, Margaret Kearney MS. RN1, Jane Barrett MSc1, Chandice Covington PhD, RN2, Kristen Del Monte MS, RN3, Robert Reinhardt MD4, and Laurie Rippe RN1 A prospective study of breast-feeding mothers was undertaken to determine the effects of limited bottle use and infant temperament on breast-feeding outcomes. White, married, primigravida women who were committed prenatally to breast-feeding for at least 6 weeks (n = 121) were randomly assigned to one of two groups: a planned bottle group that would offer one bottle daily between the second and sixth weeks postpartum and a total breast-feeding group that would avoid bottles during the same period. Group assignment had no effect on the occurrence of breast-feeding problems, on mothers’ achievement of 90% of their prenatal breast-feeding duration goals, or on we
