Patent ID: 7311106

Claim:
A method of providing a proper nipple for a bottle, said method comprising the steps of: providing a breast pump including; a breast receiving housing; a suction device being in fluid connection with said housing; a pressure gauge being in fluid connection with said housing and being adapted for measuring the pressure within said housing, said gauge providing a relative measurement during extraction of breast milk; providing a plurality of nipples, each of said nipples being removably positionable on a bottle, each of said nipples having a variable flow rate at a constant pressure, each of said nipples having a rating corresponding to said flow rate such that each of said nipples has a different rating, each of said ratings corresponding to a different relative measurement; extracting breast milk with said breast pump and reading said relative measurement; selecting a nipple having a rating corresponding to said relative measurement to define a selected nipple; and positioning said selected nipple on a bottle.