Adding Cereal to Milk: Myself, Medela
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Manual Pump - Medela Vs. Advent
Asked by M.I. from New York
on October 24, 2008
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All,
Here's the scenario. I recently started feeding rice cereal to my 5 month old baby. During the week, I mix the rice cereal with breastmilk from when I pumped a...
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- I had both one was given to me. I pumped for a year and end up using the Advent Isis manual pump exclusively. Good Luck, G.
- Hi. I have an 11 month old daughter. I use the Advent Isis pump and I love it. I usually pump 2xweek when I work. The pump works great and very easy to clean and put t...
- I swear by the Avent breast pump. The hospital gave me a Medula and I hated it, it was so uncomfortable. I also had received the Avent as a gift and tried it; now I gi...
Where's My Milk?
Asked by T.C. from Minneapolis
on May 23, 2007
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Recently I was sick with a stomach thing so for two days I barely ate two bowls of soup. At the same time I started supplementing with formula only one bottle a day a...
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- Oh my, sounds a lot like me. i went through this same thing if you look through the older posts you'll get a lot of suggestions on how to up your production. She's sta...
- I'd get in touch with someone from La Leche League. They are really really helpful. I have used the pump in addition to nursing (instead of bottle feeding) and froze...
- I would suggest stopping solids for a few days (or longer - 5 1/2 months is kind of young to start cereal in my opinion - opinion is the key word here). Also, try not...
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...
Rice Cereal in Breastmilk
Asked by T.T. from Chicago
on March 12, 2008
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Help-I have been having trouble producing enough breastmilk for my 4 month old daughter. I've had to supplement with formula for the past few weeks. My supply went dow...
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- GI doctors and allergists don't recommend putting cereal in bottles. Cereal shouldn't be given until 6 months of age due to the increase risk of allergies and GI issues.
- I would not put the cereal in a bottle, instead add the breast milk to the rice cereal in a bowl and spoon feed it to the 4 month old. It will be liquidy at first but ...
- I would wait 'til 6 months. Any solid food introduced before then increases risks of food allergies. I didn't wait and my daughter has a ton of them. I am pregnant now...
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...
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...
Breast to Bottle
Asked by E.S. from Allentown
on July 4, 2008
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I would really like for my 5 month old to learn to take a bottle. But I am having no luck, I have tried pumping and using formula but neither seem to make a differenc...
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- Nurse her first for a few minutes so she isn't hungry, frustrated, and irritable. Then try the bottle so she associates it with food. Good luck!
- Hi E.. Use the formula, use playtex bottles, have someone else give your daughter the bottle when you are not in the house! You are the very last person she will e...
- You can also try some other methods of feeding, instead of bottles. You can get special things from Medela called Finger Feeders and/or a Feeding Cup. They are a lit...
Won't Take Bottle
Asked by A.L. from Boston
on January 22, 2008
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My 4 month old was sick recently and I exclusively breastfed her while she was sick. Now shw won't take a bottle which ia a problem because I'm back at work. I've tri...
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- Have you tried the Haberman feeders? Also known as the Special Needs Feeder by Medela? They were originally made for babies with sucking problems, and found that fussy...
- I used playtex drop in bottles and nipples. BUT I had a friend whose daughter was similar to yours, she was very stubborn! My friend's daycare ended up giving her mi...
- Try pumping and mixing the milk with formula. Eventually, she will take it if she is hungry enough. My 11 month old was breast fed, now formula and will ONLY take a ...
Breast to Bottle?
Asked by R.G. from Fayetteville
on December 30, 2010
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I have breastfed my daughter since she was born. She is now 9 months old and I am 3 months pregnant. Her ped said that we could continue breastfeeding as long as I was...
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- If you can eat more yourself it will richen your milk. I had to finally stop nursing my first son at 6 mos because I was pregnant with his brother and just ran out of...
- the pump is not a good estimate of what you are producing. My daughter drinks about 7 oz at daycare and one of my pumping sessions, I only get 3 oz. I would increase...
- I can't figure out why doctors say that. I would never know how much milk my babies get. I exclusively breastfed them all for 6-12 months before introducing any food...
Milk Supply
Asked by M.F. from Sacramento
on March 2, 2009
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I'm breastfeeding my 6 month old baby, but I'm definitely not pumping out as much as he consumes when I'm at work. He drinks 5 to 6 oz from a bottle every 3 to 4 hour...
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- Hi M., I saw your request and I am going through the same issue! I recently went back to work and have continued to breast feed my 6 month old baby, but have found...
- Hi M., Make sure that you are drinking plenty of fluids and eating enough food. I found that drinking a lot of water helped me. Also, if you can, add an additiona...
- As an older Mom of two boys myself, a 54 month old and an 11 month old, I had trouble producing milk. Two things I learned are ; Drink a LOT of water, and pump more of...
