Dishes & Utensils: Toddler, Playtex
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Need Tips on Making Formula in Batches and Mixing Formula with Playtex Drop Ins
Asked by J.M. from Detroit
on March 14, 2008
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Need some tips on making formula in batches or mixing formula with the Playtex drop-ins. My 3 month old son just recently switched from a special formula for his milk...
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- My pediatrician was pleased when she found out that we were premixing a day at a time. We used a plastic rubbermaid beverage container (32oz, I think) with a mouth bi...
- I made formula in "batches" each day with great success. I use a tuperware pitcher and put in the necessary amount of WARM WATER (I send 4 6ounce bottles to baby scho...
- I used a blender to mix my formula and it worked really good...I usually only made enough to last for 48 hours and that worked really well....It will foam up a little ...
Bottle Feeding Breastfed Baby
Asked by M.K. from Salt Lake City
on July 19, 2009
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My baby is 5 weeks old. We started trying to give her a bottle with expressed breast milk at 3 1/2 weeks to mixed results. We missed a couple of days last week and now...
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- I know Dr. Brown's bottles uses silicone nipples, I'm not sure about the Adrini, but my son would drink out of any bottle as long as the nipples were latx they are sof...
- Does she know its milk? Mine did the samething for a bit, but when we squeezed the nipple so that she could taste the milk, then she started sucking. If we jsut stuck ...
- Both of my kids had trouble with the bottle at first. Keep trying- be persistent but relaxed. It can be frustrating when they keep pushing it out with their tongue, bu...
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 ...
Bottle Feeding
Asked by W.K. from Chicago
on July 11, 2010
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I have been breastfeeding my now 4 month old and have been struggling with having him take bottles. He has been left with grandparents for a couple evenings but screa...
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- Honestly, starting later makes things harder--usually if you know you will need to offer bottles at all it is helpful to start within the first month or two, but not u...
- When I tried to breasfeed I was concerned about this issue too. It turned out I didnt really produce any milk so I never personally had the issue but my best friend ga...
- I have posted several times about my experience with getting my daughter to take a bottle. I will tell you up front it was not easy. She was about 3 months old and di...
Trouble with Feeding Formula to 7 Month Old.
Asked by K.C. from Dallas
on March 11, 2008
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I am trying to get my 7 month old daughter to start eating formula. She has been on Breast milk since birth. I am a working mom and my sister keeps my daughter. ...
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- It may not be the formula it might be the style of nipple you are using. When my daughter was born she would not take the nipple that the hospital gave her and they r...
- I thought my son (8 mo) would be the same way so we started with 3oz BM and 1 oz formula mixed and then slowly moved the ratio to be more fomula. I started dropping p...
- What formula are you trying? Also, do you have a store of breast milk leftZ? I've heard that Nestle Good Start without the DHA and ARA are a good choice and I've hea...
Help with Feeding My 2 Month Year Old Rice Cereal!!
Asked by R.W. from Sarasota
on April 25, 2007
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Hello,i need help desperately. My 8 wek old daughter has acid reflux and was prescribes nutramigen formula and rice cereal in every feeding. My problem is i cannot fin...
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- You can use "Parent's choice" bottles (found at wal-mart) and it does not clog up with the cereal. If you do a full 8 oz add only 6 spoonfuls of the cereal w/ no promb...
- Hello, I fed both my daughters cereal from their bottles. I just took some good scissors and cut the nipple hole a little bigger. I would make it up in a separate ju...
- I would personally not feed rice cereal to a 2 month old!! That is way too young. There are other ways of dealing with acid reflux and giving the infant rice cereal ...
7 Month Old W/ Reflux Feeding Schedule
Asked by A.B. from New York
on April 7, 2008
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Hi, my daughter is going to be 7 months on saturday and I have been trying to find a good schedule for her eating. She has acid reflux and gets 1 tablespoon of oatmea...
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- hi mom, try feeding her and then offering her Formula with NO cereal At 7 months she should be out of the refulx stage. Try it , worst case she spits up M
- My 6 month twin girls have reflux and I had to up the meds for one of them because she would still get sick. Since then she is happy, eating like a little piggie! Fi...
- the best thing I learned from my daughter and from the countless books I read is that you should always trust your daughter. If she is hungry she will eat and if she n...
Need Advice About Breast Feeding
Asked by A. from Dallas
on May 6, 2009
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I have a 2 1/2 month old daughter that I've been breastfeeding since birth. I'm going on a trip for 10 days and was planning on just having her bottle fed for the 10 ...
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- A lot of times babies will refuse the breast especially at such a young age if given a bottle. A bottle will feed them fast and they get frustrated with the breast wh...
- Realize that taking milk from a bottle is easier. Your baby will find that she won't want to work so hard to get her milk from you after a 10 day lapse. However,...
- I think it is likely that you will be able to breastfeed upon your return. I breastfed both my little ones until they were 6 months old. However, I had to go back to w...
Nipple for Cereal Feeding- No More Responses Please
Asked by J.C. from Detroit
on October 1, 2008
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My 6 week old baby has severe acid reflux. We are currently taking zantac to relieve it, but we are still experiencing spitting up and some choking episodes. We have b...
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- Both my boys had it and while the Dr's may have suggested it, I still wouldn't do it, especially with a baby that young. If the Zantac does work, ask them about Preva...
- J., Try cutting the nipple a little bit so the cereal will flow through easier otherwise as you have experienced, nothing will come out.
- Hi J., I had the same problem with my daughter (who is now almost 6). I just ended up cutting a bigger hole in the nipple. Just doing it carefully and test it befor...
20 Month Old Daughter Will Not Take Milk from a Cup
Asked by A.W. from New York
on March 29, 2008
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My little girl will not drink milk from a cup. We have tried all types of sippy cups with all kinds of characters on them, but she refuses. SHe will drink juice or w...
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- Have you tried the NUBY brand sippy cups? They have a silicone nipple part, so it is a little like the bottle feeling wise, but is still a cup. That was how we got m...
- Have you tried the straw sippy cups? Those worked well for us but it was not immidiate and took a little time.
- Have you tried the Nuby brand it has a rubber top, very durable for chewers. it worked for me when i was trying to get my daugther off the bottle, it like a cup but wi...
