The objective of the proposed research is to conduct a within-subject, experimental study that will describe mothers' feeding practices during typical bottle-feeding conditions and will examine whether removal of visual cues related to the amount of milk/formula in the bottle will alter these feeding practices. The investigators hypothesize that mothers will show higher levels of infant-directed feeding practices and lower levels of mother-directed feeding practices when using opaque, weighted bottles compared to when using standard, clear bottles. The investigators also hypothesize that infants will consume less breast milk or formula when fed from opaque, weighted bottles compared to when fed from standard, clear bottles.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
29
Infants will be fed from a conventional, clear bottle during one feeding and from an opaque, weighted bottle from another feeding
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Infant intake within a feeding (mL)
assessed by weighing the bottle before and after a feeding
Time frame: 3-hour period
Maternal responsiveness to infant cues during a feeding
assessed by the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training Parent-Child Interaction Feeding Scale
Time frame: 3-hour period
Maternal perception/acceptance of the bottles during a feeding
Time frame: 3-hour period
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