Adding Cereal to Milk: Princess
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Rice Cereal What Next?
Asked by M.R. from Daytona Beach
on June 17, 2009
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Hi! My daughter has been on rice cereal for a little over 2 weeks what do you recommend next, I heard that you need to switch it up for them. She is currently 5 mos an...
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- That's great that you take the opinion of your pediatrician into consideration. But, like already mentioned pediatricians are in such a rush to give these kids food. ...
- mash up some ripe avocado w/ a fork and mix w/ some formula or breastmilk. play with consistancies... same for ripe banana same for baked or steamed sweet potato...
- You can go to Oatmeal next. I used the Beechnut one with fruit so it has a nice taste to it - I tried it so I know :) and that is what I still give my daughter when sh...
Getting off the Bottle
Asked by S.E. from Cleveland
on April 3, 2008
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Here is the long of it. My son started accepting a bottle at 3 months, weened from the breast to the bottle at 8 months.
He just turned one. He can drink from a...
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- Have him throw a bottle in the trash and make sure that the rest of the bottles are gone so he doesn't see any of them. When he throws it in the trash, then tell him ...
- I had the same problem with my daughter. She did great with a sippie of water, but if I put milk in it, she would throw it across the room! On a Thursday morning, I ta...
- This is very similiar to what my daughter did and I can tell you that I just decided one day that it just wasn't that important that she drink milk from a cup. She to...
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.
My Almost 2 Year Old Won't Give up Her Bottle
Asked by B.V. from Fresno
on February 1, 2007
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My 22 month old won't give up her bottle. She has recently backpedeled and really only will eat a bottle. When she was almost a year, we got her eating jar foods and s...
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- Hi B., I have a similar problem with my son. He's 2 1/2. For me its not the bottle problem, but the eating problem. I don't know why he won't eat, but he'll go day...
- Hi B., We also had a somewhat difficult time getting rid of the bottle. I began talking to him about becoming a big boy & not needing the bottle anymore at about 25 m...
- I had the same experience with my son who will be 3 in June. We finally got him weaned off the bottle completely a few months after he turned 2. We gradually tried t...
19 Mnth Old Will Not Drink Milk from a Cup.
Asked by K.M. from Boston
on January 5, 2010
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My daughter is 19 mnth old and she will not drink milk from her sippy cup. She only wants to drink milk out of a blottle but i refuse to give her one durning the day. ...
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- I have the same problem! i just got the nuby with a nipple, it's basically just a sippy cup with a bottle nipple. I'm hoping after that i can move to a regular sippy cup.
- My pedi said no milk is fine. My son refused to transition to milk after being breastfed. I asked the dr and he said not to worry if he's eating cheese and yogurt as w...
- Mix the milk with yogurt or buy the yogurt drinks. My son loves yogurt - it's actually how we got him to learn how to drink out of a sippy cup. Now we are trying to ...
My 10 Month Old Still Wakes up Wanting a Midnight Bottle!
Asked by M.B. from Los Angeles
on March 11, 2008
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I'm a fist time mom with a 10 month old beautiful baby girl. Unfortunatly, she still wakes up between 12:00-1:00 am for a bottle.(her last bottle is between 7:00pm and...
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- Hi there - First of all, don't feel guilty...she is waking up out of habit not hunger. Second of all, only in books and "perfect" children sleep through the night befo...
- First off.....who says she is supposed to be sleeping thru the night? Relieve yourself from that undue pressure. Babies don't always follow all these self imposed ru...
- I am by no means an expert but I thought I could offer up what worked for me. I have an 8month old girl. I am also a 1st time mom!She now sleeps 11 hours straight. At ...
20 Month Old Daughter Will Not Take Milk from a Cup
Asked by A.W. from New York
on March 29, 2008
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My little girl will not drink milk from a cup. We have tried all types of sippy cups with all kinds of characters on them, but she refuses. SHe will drink juice or w...
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- Have you tried the NUBY brand sippy cups? They have a silicone nipple part, so it is a little like the bottle feeling wise, but is still a cup. That was how we got m...
- Have you tried the straw sippy cups? Those worked well for us but it was not immidiate and took a little time.
- Have you tried the Nuby brand it has a rubber top, very durable for chewers. it worked for me when i was trying to get my daugther off the bottle, it like a cup but wi...
Weaning 14 Month Old Picky Princess
Asked by A.T. from Stockton
on January 24, 2011
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my 14 month old daughter stopped drinking breastmilk from bottles at 5 months old. She drinks water and juice from a sippy cup, a normal cup and even a straw. She wo...
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- Congrats on nursing past 1 year!! Sounds like your daughter still wants to nurse. Why is it such a hardship for you to continue nursing your daughter? At this age...
- Just because she refuses to nurse while you are on your period doesn't mean she ready to wean. It means she doesn't like the taste of the breastmilk when you have a h...
- I guess I am kind of a "bit the bullet" type of person, but if you are ready for this to be over, end it. Tell her you guys are going to count down until she is a big...
The Quest for Sleep Longer than 3Hrs at a Time
Asked by B.S. from Nashville
on November 7, 2008
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Hi Mommys, I am a 1st time mommy of a 10week little princess. I am having a difficult time finding a way to get her to stay awake during the day (pleasently) and to sl...
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- Hi B., At her age, she should be taking 3 naps a day (morning,afternoon, evening) ranging from about 1 1/2 -2 hours or so (sometimes longer). Then at night, it can ra...
- Just like someone else suggested, I read the Baby Wise book and it really helped. I was able to get my daughter on a schedule and she was sleeping through the night by...
- None of my 4 babies slept more than 3 hours at a time until they were at least 6 months old and my oldest son was starving all the time and he woke up every 3 hours un...
Mom Seeking Help with Both Children Not Sleeping
Asked by R.M. from Charlottesville
on April 10, 2008
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I need help. My 13 month old son still does not sleep through the night. He will go a few nights and do really good then we go for a while and he's up at least once pe...
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- You indicate you give him milk, but don't say it is nursing, so I am assuming it is just a drink. I would leave him a bottle or glass of water (which doesn't need r...
- I'm not sure if it will help, but it did with my son. I put a little Gerber Rice Cereal in his bottle before bed time. I had to make the holes in it a little bigger ...
- I am a mother of 4 and am having the same problem but mine our 2 and 3 and taking turns waking me up on diffrent nights I have found that if I send the 3 year old away...
