Feeding

Paced bottle feeding

Also called paced feeding, pace feeding, paced bottle-feeding, Kassing method

Paced bottle feeding is a slower way of giving a bottle, with the baby held upright and the bottle kept mostly level so milk only just fills the teat. It lets the baby control how much they drink, the way breastfed babies do.

How it's said

  • I was told to do paced feeding but then my mother and MIL confused things by telling me I was holding the bottle wrong...
  • My ds was paced because he wasn't taking breaths, just guzzling.
  • Yes, I was recommended to pace feed by the local milk spot...

Who says it

  • Lactation consultants
  • Midwives
  • Health visitors
  • Parents

Where it came from

The method is usually traced to Dee Kassing, a breastfeeding specialist in Illinois. Her 2002 paper described bottle feeding for breastfed babies who need extra milk or are apart from their mothers, done in a way that makes them work much as they do at the breast.

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