Adding Cereal to Milk: Born free
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Bottle Nipples for Rice Cereal
Asked by K.K. from New York
on May 4, 2008
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My son is three months old. The other day we took him to the acid reflux doctor and he was diagnosed with a mild case of acid reflux. The doctor told us to start him o...
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- Hello K., I know that Sassy/Mam have a cross cut nipple intended for use with thicker liquids. The Soft Landing sells them in their online store - http://www.theso...
- if you have a Burlington Coat Factory near you, they sometimes have a department called Baby Depot. they have every possible kind of nipple-more than babies r us. go f...
- Avent ahs nipple for thicker flows. It has three settings on one nipple. I got them at sop and shop.
Baby Cereal and Bottles...
Asked by K.S. from Detroit
on April 9, 2008
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Hi:)
We have started our little one on cereal once a day but have been adding it to each bottle. The problem is the cereal seems to not fit through the slow flow nip...
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- Dr. Brown's makes Y cut nipples that are especially made for cereal, but it comes out kind of fast.
- ah you poor thing.... if you ask an question on the internet you will get a bunch of opinions lol - I dont think there is a right or wrong answer each child has its ow...
- I also put cereal in my children's bottles. I made the hole bigger by putting a very tiny X. If it wasn't big enough, then obviously I just made it a tad larger. Ju...
Introducing a Bottle
Asked by A.F. from Milwaukee
on July 5, 2008
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I soon have to go back to work so I have started giving my 6 week old daughter one bottle a day in the evening so dad can do it. She sucks it down so fast then scream...
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- Our daughter is a "puker" too and we just try to be very careful after she eats. We try not to sit her up unless of course she needs to burp. (this might be a reason s...
- I like the ideas about using a slower flow nipple. Also, I would suggest taking it a little more slowly - try giving her just one ounce from the bottle, then finish by...
- Check the nipple size. Typically breastfeed babies can't handle the larger nipple size/faster flow. If the size is a 2 or 3 go down to a 1. You could also try a dif...
Bottle Problems
Asked by M.J. from Minneapolis
on January 14, 2010
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My 3 month old will not take a bottle. I have tried Playtex, Born Free, The First Years, and Nuk bottles. I will heat up my breast milk and put it in the bottle. She w...
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- My son was breastfed for the first 6 months. I started trying when he was 5 months to get him to take pumped milk from a bottle. He refused. We tried every kind of bot...
- Just pick one bottle and nipple that you like (or maybe looks most like you) and just keep trying. Also, heat up the milk hotter than you think. My daughter would not ...
- Like others, I think the best thing is to let her go for a long stretch, and continue offering her the bottle without having access to you. You'll probably need someo...
Bottle Feeding
Asked by C.H. from Chicago
on January 17, 2009
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My 6 month old will not take a bottle he would rather nurse. When I go out and someone else gives him a bottle he acts like he does not know what to do with it. He wil...
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- my son went through a similar stage. he would just chew on the nipple and it would take forever for him to finish a bottle. did you try different nipple sizes? we foun...
- C., I would recommend trying a REAL cup -- your son is the perfect age. The Doidy cup is a good one (available on Amazon) -- it has handles and is angled so your b...
- I had the same problem with my now 7 month old son. This is what worked for when he was 5 months and i had to go back to work. I decided to ditch the bottle all toge...
To Bottle Feed or Not to Bottle Feed...
Asked by C.K. from New York
on June 10, 2008
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I am exclusively breast feeding & I must admit, I quite enjoy that time with my little girl but I keep hearing that I should give her breast milk in a bottle otherwise...
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- You got a lot of responses and I havent the time to read through them to get an idea what other Moms are feeling. My view is like yours...who cares? Babies arent meant...
- I just want you to know that I totally argee with you. Don't listen to what those other people have to say. I am also a stay at home mom to a 15 month old boy and I h...
- There are so many different opinions on raising babies and I think it is because so many different things work for different people. My child raising theory has bec...
2 Yr Old Won't Drink Milk in Anything but a Bottle
Asked by C.E. from Atlanta
on October 9, 2008
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Help. My 2 yr old is great. Smart and articulate. But she will not drink milk out of anything except a bottle. We have tried everything: you pick the sippy cup, the c...
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- I too have two daughters ages 4 and 2. My now 4 year old was the same way at 2. She refused to drink milk from a cup. She drank water, juice from the cup, but not the ...
- Don't stress too much about this. Its not like she is about to enter kindergarten with a bottle :-) Alot of kids give up bottles before they are 12 months old and ot...
- Try not sweating this one. Give her the bottle,she will out grow this thing she has going with the bottle. It is very natural for her not to want to give up the suckin...
Rice Cereal for 1 1/2 Month Old
Asked by E.W. from St. Louis
on October 1, 2009
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Hi everyone! My son's pediatrician has asked me to put rice cereal in the bottle for my son to eat all day (not just at night). I have been trying to gradually do th...
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- We had to do this with our daughter at 2 months. A size 2 nipple and a born-free bottle is what we used (since the rice thickens the formula)...she still uses the sam...
- Hello E.~ The only bottles i have ever used are Playtex drop in bottles. I had to use them because both of my daughters seem to choke on any other bottle because the...
- I can tell you that I have 3 older children ( all girls--ages 21, 17, and 16), and I have always been told NEVER feed a baby cereal in a bottle! For when you do sta...
Seeking Advice on Bottle Nipples
Asked by N.H. from Washington DC
on February 10, 2009
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I have a 4 month old breastfed baby boy. He is fed by bottle during the day at daycare. All of his bottles currently have stage 1 nipples (Born Free). Is it really nec...
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- Breastfed babies can stay on slow flow. It more closely resembles breastfeeding. My daughter is 6 mo. and has no problems with slow flow nipples. I have no intention o...
- Hey N.! I wondered about all that too with my daughter. She ended up hating the stage 3, it was too fast of a flow and it choked her all the time. The doc said to just...
- You don't have to switch them out at all unless he is getting frustrated or taking a rediculously long time to eat his bottle. My son was BF up until a year but did g...
My Baby Won't Take a Bottle of Breast Milk
Asked by C.J. from Reno
on July 31, 2008
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My three month old daughter was taking a bottle with no problems and now she completely refuses it. I am frustrated that I cannot leave her for more than three hours w...
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- Hi, we had the same problem for awhile. It became a battle. My husband would feed her a bottle, and she would throw a fit. We would just close allt he window and le...
- My friend went through this. Just keep offering the bottle and evetually she'll accept it. My daughter also wouldn't eat well unless I fed her. I think this just tak...
- we had the same problem & discovered our babies had outgrown the low flow nipples. try med. flow & see if that helps.
