I understand they will starve themselves. I think my whole point was that if you try ALL means of feeding, I believe they will eat eventually. Im defentlly not saying may not, I just believe they will. Now if you dont try everything and lets say only try F/T....yes they may starve themselves to death. In the case with your baby, if you only kept trying what you were, then maybe it wouldnt of turned out as good. You tried something different and the baby ate. Thats all I was trying to say.