Eating Loss of Interest
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Baby Refuses Formula... Need Suggestions/alternatives to Breast Milk
Asked by C.S. from Wichita Falls
on April 3, 2009
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My daughter is 6 months, and will only take a bottle if it's pumped breast milk. She refuses formula. I have low milk supply, and it is very difficult to pump. In o...
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- My daughter did the same thing. It was SUPER annoying. We use Nestle Good Start as well. I started mixing some breast milk in with the formula for about a week and ...
- You need to push the pumping to the max that relieves you Freeze it or pass it on. Trust me there athere has to be babies that need breast milk either by individual f...
- Look online for goat's milk receipe. I used it with my daughter because I sometimes had a problem with low milk supply. I think it was goat's milk, carrot juice and ...
How Long Does Your Baby Nurse?
Asked by A.M. from New York
on March 24, 2008
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I am a new mom to a beautiful 8-week-old boy. Nursing has been going really well, but in the past week or so, I've noticed that he takes a LOT longer to nurse. And I t...
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- A., you want to make sure that your baby's jaw is moving up and down along with his lips when he is nursing to determine whether he is really eating. My daughter refus...
- I can really relate! My daughter would take 45 mins per breats so she was basically on the breast all day. I didn't want to remove her because i know how important t...
- My first took his time, napping while he nursed. Sometimes it would take him 45 minute to and hour...He is all grown up and a fine, young, man and is 6'5"!! My second...
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.
5 Month Old Refuses Bottle
Asked by L.M. from Dallas
on January 6, 2010
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My breastfed daughter will not take a bottle. I am leaving in 3 weeks for a 3 day conference! Currently she will take about 2-3 ounces from a bottle while I am at work...
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- Can't help with the type of bottle - - my kids were born in the '80s and a lot has changed since then. But one piece of advice I can give - - don't forget to pack a b...
- It took my Mary Beth a while to take to the bottle as well, but you have to keep trying and be patient. Instead of breastfeeding her in the morning or at night, keep t...
- Something to remember...she won't starve herself, even though it may seem that way. She will eat when she needs to.
What Should a School Do If a PT Student Refuses to Wear Orthotics/orthosis?
Asked by E.H. from Philadelphia
on July 10, 2012
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The student receives PT (physical therapy) and is able to communicate very well. The student needs to wear orthotics/orthosis as as per orthotist's mandated wearing sc...
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- E., are you writing a paper or papers? Your questions are not really normal questions. What is this for? D.
- Not sure, but I'm sure there's somewhere in their manual that tells them what protocol is.
- You are either a student using us as guinea pigs or one the most jacked up trolls out there. Care to connect the dots cause we are not known to play nice for long u...
How Do I Get My 6 Month Old to Eat? She Only Wants to Nurse...
Asked by T.A. from Atlanta
on January 3, 2008
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My daughter only wants to nurse and will not eat anything. She turns her head every time I come toward her mouth with food or she will spit out the rare food I get in...
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- You said she was sick not too long ago but you didn't say with what. Being sick will cause her not to want to eat baby food. Nursing is comfort to a baby and baby fo...
- I think people put to many issues on the possibility of it being teething.While teething causes discomfort babies usually still like to eat and chew when a tooth is co...
- Totally normal if she is sick or teething. Food probably does not taste good to her if she is sick. If the nursing is wearing you down try supplementing with pumped ...
My Breastfed 1 Year Refuses Both a Bottle and (Cow's) Milk. Any Suggestions?
Asked by M.S. from New York
on February 10, 2011
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Hi mamas. I'm looking for your thoughts... I breastfeed my daughter. We first introduced the bottle (with breast milk) when she was about 1 month old. She didn't re...
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- Maybe she would like it warmed? That's what she's used to for her milk. I'd skip the bottle tho, no sense in going there at her current age. Find a cup with a pictu...
- There is no reason to have a bottle at her age - kids shouldn't be put to bed with one ever anyways - the natural sugar from milk slowly rots their teeth. Don't worry ...
- M., Bottle is not necessary if she is taking sippy - I would start the cup instead! you actually don't want to start a new thing when you'd be looking to end it month...
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...
Won't Take Bottle Anymore!
Asked by C.P. from Topeka
on August 19, 2008
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My two month old has taken a bottle of breast milk several times without a problem. I pretty much exclusively breast feed her, though, and we haven't given her a bott...
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- Try a few drops of maple syrup in the milk - just enough to barely - barely flavor the milk. Start her off by putting a drop or two on your clean finger and gently r...
- I had this trouble with my daughter. She took bottles good at first so I slacked on giving them to her and she got to where she did not want anything to do the the bo...
- I mean maybe this sounds obvious and maybe you have already done it but try a different bottle? Give her sometime she will get used to it and will figure out that if s...
Breast to Bottle/sippy Cup Advice
Asked by E.M. from San Diego
on July 25, 2008
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Hi there! I would greatly appreciate tips for geeting my son off the breast and on to a sippy cup/bottle. He is 10.5 months old and he has never taken to a bottle e...
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- We started my daughter on the bottle immediately because I have implants and we supplemented with formula. Also, dad always did the 3:00-4:00 A.M. feeding. She's 19 ...
- A bottle/breast fed baby would have a feeding schedule that closely resembles ours (Longer time between feedings). Offering baby 3-8oz of milk per feeding 3-4X per da...
- I gave my breastfed daughter pumped milk in the born free Sippy cup. She wouldn't take it laying in my arms... She knew it wasn't the breast. Instead I tried a totall...
