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If you plan to continue the nursing relationship then I would definitely keep the slow flow nipple. Going faster could cause her to get lazy &/or frustrated at the breast refusing to nurse. Of course that doesn't happen ALL the time, its just a common warning for breastfeeding moms because it can. I'm sure once she gets more used to the idea of them she'll get more down to business like she does at the breast.

ETA: Using a faster flow nipple & faster eating can also attribute to over eating & that could put you in a bind supply wise especially if you're pumping "trying to keep up".

I had to FF for a few days on 2 separate occasions due to my LO battling Breast Milk Jaundice. The first time, she was only a couple of weeks old and I didn't know anything about slow-flow nipples or nipple confusion. She has had a great latch from Day 1, and once we were given the OK to revert back to EBF, she wouldn't latch or she'd only latch for a minute or so and then she'd fall off. She got lazy on the bottles because they just poured the milk in her mouth and I think she kind of forgot how to work for it. So we had a miserable few days while we did a BF "Boot Camp" where I eliminated all bottles (DH would feed her pumped milk before we figured out that she was going to have a serious problem getting back on the boob, so I had to take that away from him completely for a few days), and I pretty much kept her close to me, skin to skin, and constantly had a boob in her mouth to try to get her familiar with things again. I wasn't sure we were going to get back to it! But we did, and I learned a lesson!

Since then, I purchased slow flow bottles, and even though it can take a long time for her to finish them, and she falls asleep before she finishes, I really think it has helped her to maintain her "relationship" with the boob and not get confused. We had to go to EFF last week bc of her jaundice again, and so for 4 days she had nothing but bottles, and when I BF'd her for the first time after we were given the go-ahead, she was the same as always- a little pig on the boob!