Specialty Feeding Products

Baby Cup Feeder
SoftFeeder™
Supplemental Nursing System™
HazelBaker™ FingerFeeder

Baby Cup Feeder

Provides breastmilk to infants when cup feeding is recommended. Features a graduated 1.5 oz. small cup with smooth, round edges. A lid is also provided to allow for easy closure and storage. Can also be used for oral medication.

#67244 - Cup Feeder with lid

Price: $21.00 | |

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SoftFeeder™

Eases Transition to Breastfeeding

Medela's SoftFeeder is a specialty feeding device for infants, designed for use when health care professionals recommend cup feeding. Among babies who have breastfeeding difficulties, cups have been shown to improve the chances for subsequent successful breastfeeding. The SoftFeeder allows the baby to be fed without developing nipple confusion or preference until the transition to breastfeeding can be made. Unlike a regular cup, the Medela SoftFeeder has a control valve and self-refilling reservoir, which help maintain a steady supply of just the right amount of breast milk at the lip of the cup. Made of soft, pliable pure silicone, the feeder is contoured to fit even the smallest mouth.

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Supplemental Nursing System™

Helps With Long-Term Supplemental Feeding

Medela's Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) is a feeding tube device for giving premature, failure to thrive, impaired or adopted babies long-term supplemental feedings at the breast. Because it keeps the baby on the breast, the SNS avoids problems with sustaining the milk supply, and problems with nipple confusion for the baby.

The SNS was originally designed to help adoptive mothers breastfeed. When a baby sucks on the mother's breast for a period of days or weeks, a hormonal mechanism is triggered that causes milk to be produced. This is known as induced lactation.

The SNS works by a bottle hung around the mother's neck. Two tubes are taped to her breasts so that the ends reach her nipples. The tubes are very small and soft and unnoticed by the baby. When the baby takes the nipple and areola into his or her mouth, he/she also takes the tube. Breastfeeding proceeds normally, maintaining the stimulation to maintain lactation and the intimacy between mother and baby, as well as providing baby with important supplement from the SNS.

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Hazelbaker™ FingerFeeder

The FingerFeeder allows baby to be in control and pace the feed. It is the only special feeding method that provides the touch of the human skin.

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