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Transition from Breast to Bottle Feeding Infant
Asked by K.G. from Seattle
on March 5, 2009
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I am going back to work in 3 weeks and am planning on breast feeding my baby before and after work and weekends. However, she will need to take a bottle during the 5 d...
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- K.- So sorry to hear of your trouble with the bottle. It can be very upsetting for mom, dad, and baby. I went back to work part time when my son was 3 1/2 months ...
- As a person who babysat a breastfed newborn/baby, rest assured that your child will take the bottle. They will not starve themselves. Just make sure you are getting ...
- Hi K. - Honest, you just need to keep trying and not give up! I went through it with my now 2 year old at the time and it was awful! And I ened up having to leave him ...
Holding Own Bottle and Self-feeding
Asked by K.T. from Chicago
on June 17, 2008
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Moms,
I have a almost 12 month old that will not hold her own bottle or self feed. She has always refused to hold the bottle on her own. As far as the self feed, i...
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- i would mention it at the one year physical. these little things sometimes are nothing but sometimws early intervention needs to get brought in.
- Does she imitate you? I would get myself some food and eat it beside her with my hands. I would also give her the bottle and then get one myself and show her how I h...
- Hi K., I have 3 daughters: 4, 2 1/2, and 6 months. The oldest and youngest were/are angel eaters. The oldest one will eat ANYTHING we give her. However, my middl...
Bottle Feeding in Conjunction with Breastfeeding
Asked by H.S. from Philadelphia
on August 5, 2009
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I have a four wk old baby girl and in two weeks I have to go back to work. I am trying to get her to take a bottle so that the nanny can feed her. I have tried various...
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- When my son was born we had to supplement feed while I was nursing. He had a difficult time going back and forth, until a doula told us about Avent bottles. The flow...
- The Adiri bottles are good & I've heard good things about the Breastflow bottles too (First Years?????). You could get some great tips at a LLL meeting too! TONS o...
- Hello! I breastfed all 3 of my kids and the only type of bottle they would ever take were the Avent brand. Keep trying and she'll get the hang of it eventually. Best o...
Bottle Feeding Advice
Asked by L.L. from Los Angeles
on April 18, 2008
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Hi, I have a 3 month old boy. we have been doing a combo breastfeeding/formula up until 2 months and a half... Now suddenly as I go back to work, he is refusing to t...
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- oh L.. i totally feel for you!! a month before i started work, we started giving my (then)3 month old daughter bottles of expressed milk. she HATED it. it took a...
- I am curious if you are giving him frozen breast milk? I started my son on pumped breast milk and he would refuse it. Then I tasted it and yucky! It had gone sour! The...
- I had a similiar problem just 2 weeks ago...my advice is trt one every day. My baby likes playtex nurser..
Breast Pumps and Bottle Feeding
Asked by K.G. from Pocatello
on June 4, 2009
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Hi all, my 5 1/2 month old son is pretty much strictly breastfed, but on occasion we have left him with my mom and a bottle of formula to go on a date or something. Wh...
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- check out la lecha league international's website. My daughter who is totally breastfed wouldn't take a bottle with, so last week when I had to be away from her for a...
- Both my kids are breastfed, and were only occasionally bottle fed. I have an Avent Isis manual pump and it works great. I wouldn't want to use it if I was pumping full...
- I've only used electric, so I don't have any recommendations for that, but have you tried your friends? I bought an electric pump that I used at home to help increase...
Breast Feeding/ Returning to Work :0(
Asked by S.S. from Spartanburg
on February 10, 2010
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I have been only breastfeeding my daughter since birth almost 8 weeks ago. She is doing GREAT with it. I may have to return to work in a few weeks, so I started trying...
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- Breasflow bottles! These have a short nipple and simulate breastfeeding for easy transition between breast and bottle.
- Try the Breastflow bottle. I wish I'd had known about them earlier on. I had the same problem with my son. He did not do well with any bottle and really didn't star...
- Have you tried wearing a nipple shield? My son had trouble switching from the breast to bottle, so the lac consultant suggested one. It's a silicone cover you place on...
Baby Wont Take Bottle
Asked by K.J. from Chicago
on November 2, 2010
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My daughter took a bottle a few times with no problems when she was 3 or 4 weeks old. She is now almost 3 months old. I was supposed to go back to work next week but n...
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- Hi Momma- I am so sorry, that is incredibly frustrating! Usually it's the other way around- they go to the bottle and won't go back to the mother. Hmmm. I know you ha...
- My daughter has been breastfeeding exclusively. She takes the Born Free bottles from my husband wonderfully. At 4 months she went on a nursing strike but I didn't want...
- have you tried Dr. Brown's wide mouth nippled bottles? It's supposed be the closest thing to the breast. Also, you shouldn't try to feed her, you need to lave the hou...
Convincing Breastfed Baby to Re-accept Bottles
Asked by L.H. from San Francisco
on June 15, 2008
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My 9-week old breastfeeding baby suddenly refused eating from bottles. We introduced bottles (w/ breast milk) to her when she was 3 weeks old to avoid nipple confusio...
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- My son had the same problem, and only liked the latex nipples. The same thing happened with my first one, I also have to make sure I'm not in the room or else he does...
- Hi--Congratulations on your little bundle of joy! I am not surprised that you are having some difficulty.Just a little surprised that baby is refusing the bottle! You ...
- L., Have someone else feed her the bottle. I know it sounds funny, but don't even be in the same room as her. If she knows you are there and can smell you, she will...
Need Advice Re: Feeding a 6 Month Old Who Refuses the Bottle
Asked by S.D. from Albany
on February 24, 2009
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Hi Everyone,
I have been lucky to be able to take my daughter to work with me. I nurse her & we started introducing the bottle when she was 8wks old. She absolutely...
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- Hi. I don't know if my story will help but you may want to explore seeing a feeding specialist who works with infants. My daughter had failure to thrive as a result...
- I wish I could offer advice, but I only have sympathy. My youngest was the same and nothing worked: it was breast or starve. At around 8 months she finally started tak...
- try a sippy cup. kids know what they are ready for, sometimes before us.
Help, My Baby Won't Take a Bottle
Asked by K.H. from Seattle
on August 17, 2009
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I am going back to work in 3 weeks and my son, who is 8 weeks old, will not take a bottle. I have tried Born Free, Playtex and Medela bottles and he just cries when I...
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- Hi K., I did like the playtex drop in bottles but I was wondering if you have tryed formula in the bottle, when my daughter was born and I had to start back to work s...
- Oh I know this can be so hard but he will take the bottle when he gets hungry enough. My son did the same thing and we tried all kinds of bottles - eventually ending w...
- I have a 9 wk old & she started a bottle a couple weeks ago. She likes Dr. Brown bottles. Good luck! Sometimes it's just a matter of finding the right bottle.
