The programmable nursing bottle includes a first housing member configured to hold a liquid therein, a second housing member removably attached to the first housing member and a tube member extending from the first housing portion through the second housing portion. The second housing member includes a pump assembly, a programmable control assembly including an interface, a controller operatively connected to the pump assembly, and a sliding door member provided about the second housing member. The door is configured to slide from a first position in which the interface is exposed to a second position in which the interface is covered.

The subject matter of this specification describes, among other things, devices and processes for providing measured doses of oral medication to patients, such as infants or other vulnerable patients.

A nipple device for electronically measuring flow of milk drawn by an infant through its feeding orifices. The device measures milk flow from the differential pressure generated by the milk flow through a fluid flow resistor. The resistor may be located in the peripheral region of the base of the nipple device, and milk conveyed to and from the resistor by means of passageways in the base unit. The differential pressure generated across the resistor is measured using pressure sensors located at the periphery. The pressure sensors and associated electronic circuits may be incorporated into a flow measuring head, attachable to the base unit of the device through a standard pair of fluid ports, to which can be attached heads for other measurements of the milk properties. Other implementations provide increased accuracy for nipple devices using the pressure difference across the feeding orifices for the flow measurement.