Adding Cereal to Milk: The First Years
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Cereal and Sleep
Asked by M.V. from Kansas City
on April 7, 2009
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Hey moms! My daughter will be 4 months on Easter. For the past several months she would wake only 2 times during the night consistently around 1 and again around 5 a...
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- You already have a lot of good responses, but I thought I'd add my two cents. Try googling "sleep regressions" and read up on the ways your daughters' sleep can chang...
- Hi M.. My girl did that to us a few times too. Sometimes it was a virus or ear infection that messed up her sleep pattern, but usually it was teething or gas. That ...
- Adding cereal to her bottle really isn't recommended anymore. It can pose a choking risk. Please ask your pediatrician first. There isn't any proof that adding cere...
Switching from Formuls(bottle) to Milk(sippy Cup)
Asked by J.T. from Charlotte
on June 16, 2008
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OK, HELP PLEASE!
My almost one year old is having a real hard time giving up her bottle. She doesn't transition very well and we had a big issue at 5 mo going from ...
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- My son wasn't completely weaned from the bottle until he was 13 months (he's 16 months now). What we did was put some milk in the sippy cup and gave him the sippy cup ...
- hey jennifer! there is a book called the baby whisperer solves all your problems! it is a wonderful book! alot of my friends and i use her methods and techniques fo...
- I had the same issue with my son when we switched. How about trying a sippy cup that looks like a sports bottle? also they make some that have a lid that is soft lik...
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...
When Did You Start Feeding Your Baby Cereal?
Asked by R.D. from New York
on February 16, 2011
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Hi,
When my son was a baby his pediatrician said 4 months for cereal. This was five years ago and I have heard it has moved more to six months. I am going to ask my p...
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- 4 months with my first (13 years ago)...6 with my 2nd (6 years ago) and 8 with my 3rd (we got a bit lazy lol). With my 2nd and 3rd, I skipped the store-bought stuff an...
- My Boys Ped. also said 4 months, but I started cereal at 3 1/2.
- the answer in most of the books in anywhere from 4-6 months, you should give it a shot & see how it goes. If it goes well, keep going. if not, wait a couple of weeks...
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...
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...
Won't Take a Bottle
Asked by C.M. from Toledo
on May 22, 2008
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I breastfeed my 2 month old. I would sometimes like her to take a bottle of I am away from Her for a short time. When I try to give Her a bottle she just licks at it...
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- Hi C.! One thing that helped us with this, was to have someone else give her the bottle. She will likely want the real thing from you! I would always enlist my hubb...
- Do you pump your milk? My youngest didn't like a bottle because the taste was different. If I put breast milk in it he chowed down. It was cute watching his face when ...
- just so you know, my son still won't take a bottle and he's 12months old!!! at first i thought it was a big problem but then i realized it was just something i had to ...
Bottle Warmer
Asked by K.W. from Abilene
on February 4, 2009
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Hi Moms! My daughter is almost 4 months old, and has been breastfed since birth. I am considering weening her soon and am interested in purchasing a bottle warmer. ...
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- I owned one with my first child and it was a pain! I think it is easier to just heat some water in the coffee maker and put the bottle and some hot water in an insul...
- First of all, breast feeding is wonderful so keep doing it as long as possible. My doctors with both children told me warming bottles can be one cause of colic so my ...
- K., I'm interested in why you are thinking about weening your baby. The longer you nurse your baby, the better for her. I nursed all three of my babies, 1 to 9 mo., ...
Bottle Issues
Asked by B.R. from Fayetteville
on March 22, 2007
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My 11 wk old will not take a bottle. She is exclusively breastfed, but I try to pump so that I can go out once in a while. So far, she will not take a bottle from he...
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- I don't have much time, but Just wanted to tell you about the Gerber Nuk Nipples. They are made to replicate the real nipple, which appparently oyurs loves, just like ...
- Hi B., When my oldest was a baby he refused to take a bottle no matter what kind of nipple it had. One day my mom had me leave the room and she tried to give him a bo...
- Hey B., Have you tried the "Breastflow Bottle" made by The First Years? You can only get this at Babies R Us. I have heard other moms say very good things about ...
Weaning from the Bottle!
Asked by J.G. from Canton
on August 15, 2008
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I have MANY questions about the weaning from the bottles process. HELP! I know my doctor will probably help me at his one year appointment, but I'm just wondering......
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- We were told to switch to whole milk at 1 year. Our daughter's both have given indications as to whether or not to continue with the bottle. We'd offer a sippy cup f...
- At my son's 9 months well-check, the Dr. provided me with a few guidelines. 1) Start with the smallest feeding per day, and switch from bottle to cup. As the child...
- I don't know if this will help, but I'll tell you our experience with our now 22 month old. Our pediatrician told me at her 12 month checkup that she wanted her weaned...
