nipple confusion

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

The situation in which an infant has difficulty in switching between feeding on maternal nipples and artificial nipples (such as feeding bottles or pacifiers), often resulting in ineffective sucking or refusal to breastfeed.

日本語の意味

乳首混乱：乳児が母乳育児と哺乳瓶やおしゃぶりなどの人工乳首を切り替える際に、適切な吸いつきや吸引ができなくなる状態を指す。

英語の意味

The situation in which an infant has difficulty in switching between feeding on maternal nipples and artificial nipples (such as feeding bottles or pacifiers), often resulting in ineffective sucking or refusal to breastfeed.

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Many new parents worry that early introduction of bottles can cause nipple confusion and make breastfeeding more difficult.

多くの新しい親は、哺乳瓶の早期導入が乳頭混乱を招き、授乳が難しくなるのではないかと心配しています。

詳細

意味（1）

The situation in which an infant has difficulty in switching between feeding on maternal nipples and artificial nipples (such as feeding bottles or pacifiers), often resulting in ineffective sucking or refusal to breastfeed.

The midwives and breastfeeding consultants that I saw scared me with stories of nipple confusion, so I was reluctant to try a bottle too early. This led to my baby refusing a bottle and, later, breast milk from a cup.

詳細

nipple confusions （ plural ）