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Breast to Bottle!!!
Asked by N.C. from Denver
on June 14, 2007
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I recently had a baby and she is now 7 weeks old, she is nursing and on occasion she had taken a bottle. For the past two weeks she refuses to take a bottle and my Ma...
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- Mix your breast milk with the formula. She may just have to get used to the taste of it. Start with mostly breat milk and gradually increase the amount of formula co...
- My daughter had a hard time taking a bottle, too. I found that if I gave her bottles away from our usual nursing spots and avoided having her in the same/similar posit...
- Don't worry about nipple confusion, I don't believe there is such a thing. I never let my daughter pick she was given what she was given. It is surprising that she i...
Bottle Nipples That Don't Leak??
Asked by C.K. from New York
on March 14, 2009
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Are there any bottles that don't leak? I am using the Playtex system with the disposable inserts, and have been really happy with it, but since we switched to the 6 mo...
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- Because the opening is bigger for a faster flow, I have found that they all leak. In fact, our little guy was sick last week so I slept with him in the guest room... ...
- That's what the fast flow nipples do, no matter what brand you get. Some brands may have a faster flow than others, but they're all going to leak like that. As your ba...
- I have a 6 and 1/2 month old and I have not switch nipple sizes on his bottles. I think it's better to stick to the no. 1's because they imitate the milk flow from th...
Bottle Dilemma
Asked by J.R. from Fresno
on July 11, 2007
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Since the birth of my daughter I have used only one brand of bottle. It is the Playtex VentAire Natural Shape, or recently called VentAire Wide. I am now using this ty...
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- I used the Vent Aire with the 2nd (& last) child, around the time they were first coming out or so. My daughter is 7 yrs old now, so it's been awhile. But I had the ...
- J., I use the Vent Aire bottles as well. I also have experienced them leaking everywhere. The problem is they were not put together right. I have found that when I no...
- I too had the same problem with my first daugher and the VentAire I switched to the Playtex Nurser w/ disposible drop ins. Let me tell you, this bottle is a life saver...
Introducing a Bottle
Asked by L.S. from Pittsburgh
on January 15, 2009
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My daughter is two weeks old and I am breastfeeding her. I am going to be going back to work when she is 12 weeks old. I want to introduce the bottle to her, but I a...
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- Congratulations on your new daughter! I introduced a bottle when my daughter was 1 week old at the advice of my lactation consultant. She was not getting enough to e...
- It really depends on your situation...is she feeding really well now? My baby at 2 weeks was still trying to get the hang of things. I think all babies are different...
- Congratulations on your new baby, L.! Since you have 12 wks off, there is really NO hurry at all! Just concentrate on nursing right now. I would strongly sugges...
When to Stop the Bottle?
Asked by E.D. from Houston
on September 7, 2010
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My youngest will be 2 at the end of the month, I still give him 2 bottles a day with whole milk. He drinks the rest of the day from sippy cups and what not. Is he to...
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- The longer a child drinks from a bottle, the more likely he is to have tooth decay. Especially, if he's drinking a bottle and then going to sleep. My pediatrician, sai...
- We, personally, stopped all bottles on their first birthday based upon Pediatrician's request/advice. My recommendation would be to stop cold turkey immediately. A...
- You are about a year too late on this one. It is bad for his teeth and he probably is not going to give it up very easily at this point. You can try going down to j...
Taking the Bottle
Asked by A.H. from Cleveland
on February 25, 2007
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I have a 6 month old who has been strictly breastfed and I am tring to get him to take a bottle and he will not take one. The only reason that I want to start with a b...
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- Hi A., I am in the EXACT same situation you are. My son is not interested in anything but me, I call him a nipple snob :) I have had some success with soft spoute...
- My daughter will not take a bottle either. But, I have started her on a sippy cup instead of a bottle. Well, she doesn't take the sippy cup yet she just is starting t...
- When my son would bite, I would pull him very close for just a second. This would startle him to let go, and then I would say, "do not bite mommy. It hurts". If he ...
From Breast to Bottle
Asked by L.S. from Los Angeles
on January 27, 2009
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My 8 mo. old Nathan will not take a bottle. Everytime I place it in his mouth he moves it from one side of his mouth to the other and just chews it. He always has hi...
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- My now 25 month daughter stopped taking the bottle at three months and refused to take it again until out of the blue one day when she was 8 months. I tried everything...
- it sounds as though you are worried about nursing with his teeth. first, babies can't nurse and bite at the same time. their tongue covers their bottom teeth when nu...
- My daughter refused the bottle as well. When she was teething, I pushed her little face into the breast when she tried to use me as a teether. She didn't really like i...
Reusing Bottle Nipples
Asked by K.F. from Cleveland
on September 9, 2010
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Just a quick question...I was wondering if I should use my sons old bottle nipples for my daughter (I'm due in 5 weeks) or if I should just buy new ones. I bought them...
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Bottle Nipples
Asked by M.F. from New York
on January 9, 2007
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is it bad that my 9 month old is still using stage 1 avent nipples....i just never felt the she needed them to be switched.....i have some stage 2 and 3's....should i ...
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- The only problem with the stage ones is that they are usually smaller because they are for a newborn. She may have an easier time at nursing with the larger nipple. ...
- I have an 8 1/2 month old and she now used the 4 ones. She never gets too much, drinks comfortably and stops when she is full. Even if your child prefers a slower flow...
- Hi there, My cousin's daughter was on stage 1 nipples for almost a year and all my relatives would constantly remark how petite their daughter was. We all figured it ...
Crying for Her Bottle
Asked by M.K. from New York
on April 4, 2008
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Hi, my name is M. and I have a 1 year old girl. I understand that this is the time to start switching her from her bottles to sippy cups. I have to say that during t...
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- Give her the bottle and forget about what what is condidered "normal". This is not a battle worth fighting (I know many 3 year olds still using a bottle). I would gi...
- I have found that taking a bottle away, has to be done cold turkey. Of course accompanied by a soothing, settling story that the "bottle Fairy" came and took them awa...
- give her the bottle. A 1 year old is too young to comprehend that she shouldn't have a bottle. The sippy cup is fine during the waking hours and at meal time. but at...
