Notwithstanding the slightly different nature of the outcomes, we assume the following factors to have contributed to the absence of a significant difference in BAT scores in the two groups: (a) improvement in the feeding behavior of the control infants over 48 h following routine BF counseling of mothers; (b) the possibility of missing a true difference in the scores by one-time assessment of a feeding session, and (c) the limited power of the study because of the unexpectedly large variation in the results – while the sample size was calculated based on the assumed SD of 2.2, the SD of the two study groups turned out to be 3.4.