Nipple confusion...

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MassiveDelta
MassiveDelta Posts: 3,311 Member
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Fact or Myth? Go
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  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,311 Member
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    Im amazed no one here on MFP has an opinion on this.
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
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    I'm on the fence. :huh:
  • TheNewLK
    TheNewLK Posts: 933 Member
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    depends.....
  • LeeKetty1176
    LeeKetty1176 Posts: 881 Member
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    depends.....

    on ????????????
  • keb80
    keb80 Posts: 394
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    Are u asking if there is such a thing? Yes, there is.
  • TheNewLK
    TheNewLK Posts: 933 Member
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    depends.....

    on ????????????

    the weather :laugh:
  • skittybang
    skittybang Posts: 1,525 Member
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    only on Tuesdays
  • Chiquita_Banana
    Chiquita_Banana Posts: 500
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    I'm confused as to why guys even have them... what's the point?

    other than purple nurples....
  • LeeKetty1176
    LeeKetty1176 Posts: 881 Member
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    I'm confused as to why guys even have them... what's the point?

    so we can look at them and say..........."if only"
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
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    Fact. My son didn't know how to nurse after using the bottle because the bottle was so much easier and he didn't have to work as hard. If I had it to do over again, I probably wouldn't have used the bottle at least not right away.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
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    It's left over from early fetal development - at a certain point we were just a fetus with an undetermined gender, and then a flood of hormones came along in utero and told us what gender we were going to be. Nipples are a leftover from that time. Men do have mammary tissue, anyway. Just a tiny, tiny bit of it.

    During conception, each fertilized egg starts out with an X chromosome (from the mother) and an X or Y chromosome from the father, which determines their gender. XX will be a female, and XY will be a male. During fetal development, what started out as an undetermined gender gets developed during the fetal stage into a male or a female.
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,311 Member
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    It's left over from early fetal development - at a certain point we were just a fetus with an undetermined gender, and then a flood of hormones came along in utero and told us what gender we were going to be. Nipples are a leftover from that time. Men do have mammary tissue, anyway. Just a tiny, tiny bit of it.

    During conception, each fertilized egg starts out with an X chromosome (from the mother) and an X or Y chromosome from the father, which determines their gender. XX will be a female, and XY will be a male. During fetal development, what started out as an undetermined gender gets developed during the fetal stage into a male or a female.
    Nice RD Very "biology professor" of you
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,311 Member
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    Nipple confusion refers to a new born baby taking a bottle before gettign breast fed and then being confused about it if the mom tries to breast feed after.

    My question was is it fact or myth. There has been no conclusive evidence to support nipple confusion. Its all hearsay
  • Begood03
    Begood03 Posts: 1,261 Member
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    I'm confused as to why guys even have them... what's the point?
    Oh I have them, and they are always hard! They have always been like that!
  • keb80
    keb80 Posts: 394
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    Oh I have them, and they are always hard! They have always been like that!

    Does it look like you're smuggling peas?
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,311 Member
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    Oh I have them, and they are always hard! They have always been like that!

    Does it look like you're smuggling peas?

    LMAO
  • iamahealthychick
    iamahealthychick Posts: 207 Member
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    I use the term 'nipple preference' when supporting breastfeeding moms. some babies do tend to have trouble going back and forth from breast to bottle since they don't have to work as hard drinking from a bottle. We usually recommend that moms exclusively breastfeed for at least 6 weeks before introducing a bottle. Even then it can be a bit of a gamble. (I am a nurse in a NICU and do a lot of teaching/support for breastfeeding)
  • Begood03
    Begood03 Posts: 1,261 Member
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    Oh I have them, and they are always hard! They have always been like that!

    Does it look like you're smuggling peas?
    Sometimes, sometimes it's much worse.

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