Influence of Bottle-Type of Infant Feeding Behavior (OBS-II)

California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bottle Feeding

Treatments: Behavioral: Clear, conventional bottle; Behavioral: Opaque, weighted bottle

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02519179

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective this 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.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 6 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mothers must be 18 years or older
• Infants must be between 0-6 months of age
• Infants must be prior to the introduction of solid foods

Exclusion criteria

• Preterm birth
• Medical conditions that interfere with feeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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48 participants in 1 patient group

Conventional vs. Opaque, Weighted Bottle

Experimental group

Description:

This is a within-subject experiment; mothers will be asked to feed their infants from a clear, conventional bottle during one visit and an opaque, weighted bottle during the other visit. Order of conditions will be counterbalanced.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Clear, conventional bottle

Behavioral: Opaque, weighted bottle