Mother-infant interactions and infant intake during breastfeeding versus bottle-feeding expressed breast milk.

ABSTRACT: Bottle-fed infants are at higher risk for rapid weight gain compared with breastfed infants. Few studies have attempted to disentangle effects of feeding mode, milk composition and relevant covariates on feeding interactions and outcomes. The objective of the present study was to compare effects of breastfeeding directly at the breast versus bottle-feeding expressed breast milk on feeding interactions. Mothers with <6-month-old infants (n = 47) participated in two counterbalanced, feeding observations. Mothers breastfed their infants directly from the breast during one visit (breast condition) and bottle-fed their infants expressed breast milk during the other (bottle condition). Masked raters later coded videos using the Nursing Child Assessment Parent-Child Interaction Feeding Scale. Inf

SUBMITTER: Ventura A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8476436 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature