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Weaning from Bottle
Asked by N.P. from Syracuse
on March 31, 2010
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How do you begin trying to introduce a sippy cup to your bottle-fed baby? My daughter is a bottle-hound and won't raise her hands to touch the bottle let alone hold a ...
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- Give her the sippy cup as a toy at first with some water in it. She will eventually realize that she can get something out of it and will become more interested in it...
- I first introduced water in the sippy cup to my daughter at 7 months. We bought the training cup with different shape nipples, first we gave her the one that looks jus...
- Hi, You don't say how young your baby is, but why not let her keep the bottle? For some perspective, my grandson was about 2 - 2 1/2 when he would come home from nur...
Bottle Nipples for Breastfed Baby
Asked by M.M. from Minneapolis
on September 17, 2007
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We are trying to find a bottle nipple that our daughter will take that doesn't take so long for her to eat. I returned to work today and it took her 2 hours and she d...
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- I used the Playtex with the bag with my first and then got sick of the bag with my second and used Avent. They were wonderful! FYI, when it comes time to transition ...
- I used Avent, but I found that with any of the bottle nipples, they all flowed faster than breastfeeding! So, we had the problem of the milk coming TOO fast, instead ...
- I was exclusively breast feeding my son but now that I'm getting ready to go back to work we used Breastflow. At first I really liked the nipple but after a few uses i...
Bottle Feeding
Asked by K.H. from Dallas
on April 29, 2010
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I have a 5 week old and we just started working with her on taking a bottle. She is fighting this....any suggestions on getting her to take the bottle. She starts out ...
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- Have you tried a different brand of bottle and nipple? Is the milk the right temperature?
- You can try the Breastflow bottle which is very similar to a breast, but I would also recommend that you step out of the house while your husband feeds her. If she ca...
- Have you tried the Playtex brand there wonderful and the shape is great to!! I would keep trying I wouldn't force it cause she is only 5 weeks and with time it wan...
Bottle to Sippy
Asked by B.W. from Baton Rouge
on March 5, 2008
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I need suggestions on transitioning from the bottle to the sippy cup. My daughter is 11 1/2 months old and I know its best to start trying to take the bottle away. I...
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- When my son was nearing his 1st birthday I took the bottle away during the day. Night bedtime he got the bottle. After first birthday I told him he was abig boy now,...
- All of this urgency to take the bottle away from babies is utterly ridiculous! All it does is make the doctor happy, stress out the baby & the baby's parents. As far a...
- Is she able to suck from a straw? I found that both my boys did better with straw cups b/c they don't have to tip it up to drink or suck so hard to get anything out. ...
Best Baby Bottle
Asked by V.A. from El Paso
on October 16, 2006
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I need help here in choosing a good bottle. I have tried almost every bottle you can think of and I am still not sure which one to use. I used the drop in system with ...
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- I also swear by Avent bottles. I have a 3 year old girl and now a 3 month old baby boy and I've used Avent bottles on both kids. Second child, and I've never had any ...
- I would recommend Dr. Brown's bottles or Avent. I used both and loved them. They are a little more expensive and Dr. Brown's has a more pieces, but they were great. Th...
- I liked the Advent bottles best once my daughter got the hang of them. I nursed her and most bottles seemed to make her gag. Now that she is older I use the evenflow b...
Breast to Bottle....
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on July 10, 2010
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Hello ladies!!!!
Ok, so I have another question for you mamas out there. I have a 4 month old, and at this point I am planning on going back to work end of Augus...
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- You'll have to try different bottles. I'd start with Avent or Playtex drop Ins. With my 4 months old it came down to warming the milk really well and she'll take any b...
- I love Playtex drop in's. You can get an adapter at Target to attach the bag to the pump so you can minimize on bottle washing.
- we used the avent bpa free ones and my daughter loved them. she was bf'd and she took to these no prob
Bottle Refusal
Asked by K.J. from Los Angeles
on July 25, 2008
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I breastfeed my beautiful 3 1/2 month old daughter exclusively, however for the past couple of months she has refused a bottle - not of formula but of breast milk. Th...
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- Hi K., I also had the same problem & never actually got my daughter to take a bottle. It was a great stress on me, until I finally weened her (around 13 months). So...
- Oh, I so feel your pain. It's what happened to us with DS1. He REFUSED to take a bottle, but I had to go back to work. Thankfully spouse and I were splitting our sc...
- What worked for us (after trying MULTIPLE bottles, nipples, etc) was a latex nipple- I think it must be softer and more like the real deal. Anyway, of course daddy fe...
Bottle Feeding
Asked by S.M. from Omaha
on August 21, 2006
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I have been nursing my son since birth. I have been struggling with bottle feeding (my breast milk) with my son. I have never used formula, only breast milk. He is ...
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- Hi Dear. Some babies just refuse the bottle. My son just turned one year, this past Wednesday. I breast feed. Early on, I had my husband feed with the bottle, occa...
- S. When my girls tried to pull this stunt I just continued to give the bottle. When they get hungry they will take it. Althought maybe you should try another bottle...
- Hang in there! I had similar problems with my son when he started daycare. It was so stressful. I would just try lots of different nipples. The one that worked for ...
When to Cut Out the Bottle?
Asked by D.K. from Cleveland
on January 26, 2007
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Hello Again All,
My daughter will be 14 months old next week and I was wondering when is a good time to get rid of the bottle. She drinks out of a sippy cop most of ...
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- Mine son is 12 1/2 months and was off the bottle at 10 1/2 months. Dr. recomends to start at 12 months. He still likes his regular milk warm though.
- My first child I weaned at 11 months with no problems at all. My second child is 16 months old now and she still takes one at night, only. I think she would be fine if...
- I have 4 children and when they could drink out of a sipping cup the bottle was gone. And when I took it, I got rid of them all, so there was none to be seen. Only o...
Getting off the Bottle
Asked by B.B. from Detroit
on August 16, 2008
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my nephew is 2 and his mom is 7 months pregnant. the 2 yr old still takes a bottle to bed and wakes up at night 3 times for a bottle. mother is worried what she must...
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- Move quickly!!! Your right about him picking up the baby's bottle. Depending on his personallity, you need to figure out how to convince him that bottles are just for...
- Has she considered breastfeeding her new baby? I wouldn't let him cry it out in any case.
- She needs to pull the bottle now. The longer she waits, the more likely it is going to be that he will want the bottle. We took my oldest off her bottle at a year ol...
