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Could it be bad for a baby's ears to breastfeed him lying down?
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No-: Unlike with a bottle where the milk can tend to reflux into the eustachian tubes, then up to the middle ears when baby laying down, since a breast "collapses down" as you nurse, this type of reflux is less likely to happen with a breast feeding infant.The protective benefits of breast feeding far outweigh any tiny risk of milk reflux to the ears, but it's not likely to happen to any great extent.
Answered 5/31/2013
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