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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...
What Is Your Favorite Sippy Cup?
Asked by H.B. from Boston
on June 20, 2008
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The selection out there is dizzying...
And now, with the scare of bisphenol-A (BPA) I am of course inclined to stay away from that. We use the Gerber cup now but I ...
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- I agree with the other poster, I have tried all kinds of sippy cups, but the ones with a straw work best for us.
- My nephew is 16 months and my sister started him on a sippy at 1. She got a "safe sippy". Its insulated metal-no plastic, and no valve. Do a yahoo search. I don't kno...
- Kleen canteen.....made from stainless steel not plastic...much safer and cleaner......look it up online.
Going Green/eating Organic - Need Advice
Asked by K.M. from Los Angeles
on May 21, 2008
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hello everyone!
i was just curious to see if anyone had any advice on how to start going green, specifically detoxing the home. i don't know where to start! i do us...
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- You can start by getting some white vinegar and some baking soda. Those two things will go a long way for cleaning! The baking soda is great for scrubbing, and the vin...
- Hi K.: That is really great that you are making efforts to 'go green and eat organic.' I would say that yes, it really is worth the trouble! These days, there are a l...
- You might want to check into Melaleuca products. The cleaners are all tea tree oil based. You can check up on the products on Melaleuca.com. It is supposed to be great...
Trying to Transition to Sippy Cup
Asked by R.A. from Chicago
on February 16, 2009
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My son is 15 months and is not a good eater. He is only 18lbs and is not on the chart for weight. He has many severe allergies and cannot eat dairy, soy, wheat, oats ...
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- R. - I know ensuring babies switch to a sippy cup at 12 months is standard medical advice nowadays, but I'm not sure why (is it for the placment of the teeth?). I wou...
- both my girls were not even 18 lbs by that age. They didn't hit 18 lbs till they were 18 mos. So I totally understand your anxiety about not getting enough calories....
- Just a suggestion, but my son who is 12 months loves the NUBY sippy cups. They are a softer nipple. I have tried the hard sippy cups and he does not like them. The NUB...
Sippy Cup That Doesn't Leak
Asked by J.H. from Houston
on March 10, 2009
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Hi Ladies, My son turned one almost a month ago and he is no longer using bottles for his milk. We have only used the Born Free bottles and sippy cups (for water) and ...
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- The Playtex Coolsters never leak and the valves are easy to remove and clean. I am not sure if they are BPA free since they are plastic. Isn't the concern with BPA w...
- I just went thru this. I read several reviews on target and babies r us. The best reviews were on the Gerber sippy cups. I bought a set. So far so good. They ...
- If your son is able to drink out of it (it doesn't really have a spout and might be for older kids), the Playtex Coolster Tumblers are the ONLY sippy cup I have ever f...
Spooky Stories
Asked by J.S. from Jacksonville
on June 19, 2011
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The year we lost my grandfather, I moved to St. Louis. A couple weeks before Christmas I was watching TV and this commercial came on. Five grandkids running around the...
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- yes, the day my husbands parents died we were driving home a different way we normally take, there was a coffin display inside a dark funeral home we passed, two out o...
- I used to see a lady in my hallway in my moms house. she wore a peach colored gown and wore her hair in a chignon. she had brown hair. the gown buttoned up to her thro...
- Not quite the same situation, but when I was younger, I would see a shadow of a woman on my ceiling. We had a hall light and the shadow would be if the woman was stand...
11 Month Old Won't Take Breastmilk or Formula from Bottle/cup/sippy
Asked by S.L. from Los Angeles
on January 24, 2009
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so my strong willed son started refusing a bottle at around 3 months. I wrote in at the time and received wonderful advice. Unfortunately I was not able to be consis...
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- join the club! my son started using regular cup with very small diameter opening after we've tried every possible toddler drinking devices in vain. It came by accident...
- Hi S. Have you tried having someone else give him the sippy with milk while you go in another room? Chances are if you are there or the one giving him the cup he's go...
- I feel your pain! I'm a Mom of 14 month old twin girls. Still nursing both! But now it's only a little in the am & then to sleep. They did nothing but nurse until...
4 Month Old Will Not Take Bottle
Asked by L.S. from Reno
on July 17, 2009
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I have a 4 1/2 month old daughter that loves the boob! LOL When she was born I supplemented bottles while my milk came in. My milk came in on the 6th day and from then...
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- try a faster flow nipple on the bottle..also stop w/ the teething meds..oragel and meds like that can numb a baby's mouth up and make her swallow her tongue. also try ...
- NAET.com for allergy eliminations. Sometimes babies refuse to eat something because it tastes funny or makes them sick. It's just allergies.
- I'm sure that is really frustrating. Out of curiosity did it happen around the time you started solids? Also, I'm wondering why you are giving a 4 1/2 month old SO man...
17 Months Chocking on Sippy Cup
Asked by G.I. from San Francisco
on January 23, 2011
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We've introduce sippy cup when she was 10 months old. Our problem is she takes too much liquid at one time that she ends up coughing... she doesn't know her limit and ...
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- Are you using a cup with a valve? Some cups have a valve or some sort of suction tip to prevent the liquid from just pouring out. At 17 months she should have the ha...
- Are you using hard or soft top sippies?? She could be using it as a teether and then getting too much liquid. I never used the soft top ones with my girls but starte...
- G., she is teething. Shes chewing on the sippy cup making more fluid come out continuously. Try getting her a sippy cup with a hard top so she has to actually suck ou...
BPA Free?
Asked by J.M. from Boston
on October 4, 2009
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I am having second child soon and am looking for ideas on what gear you bought or skipped. I have a Medela pump (about 3 years old) from my first and all the bottles a...
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- I am pretty sure that Medela has always been BPA free. I used my pump last year that I bought in 2006. You can call Medela and ask but I am pretty sure that the lact...
- If your baby is now a preschooler, I would assume that most of your plastic needs replacing to make sure it is safe. With my first child, I bought all expensive Advent...
- I am having my second in December. I tossed all my Madela collection bottles assuming they were not BPA free. Then I went to the Madela website where they said their...
