What is the difference between the position of the baby's mouth when drinking breast milk and bottle feeding?

 

The position of the baby's mouth when feeding breast milk and drinking milk from a bottle is different. According to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, these are the mechanics of breastfeeding:

1.A newborn opens their mouth quite widely to properly latch on to the breast so that the nipple and a significant portion of the areolar tissue can reach deeply inside. 

2.The infant's gums compress the areola and their tongue travels rhythmically from front to back to pull out milk. • 

3.The baby utilizes their tongue and lower jaw to do two things at once: hold the breast tissue in place against the roof of their mouth, and create a trough between the nipple and the areola.

The same technique is not required when drinking from a bottle. Because of gravity, milk will flow no matter what a baby does. 

1. When a baby feeds from a bottle, they don't have to open their mouth wide or create a tight seal with properly turned-out lips. 

2.They don't have to draw a bottle nipple deeply into their mouth, and there's no need for the back-to-front milking action of the tongue. 

3.They can suck only with their lips or "gum" on the rubber nipple.

The difference in the position of breastfeeding and drinking milk from a bottle will cause nipple confusion in babies