Moving Tips & Advice: Born free
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Seeking Advice on Bottle Nipples
Asked by N.H. from Washington DC
on February 10, 2009
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I have a 4 month old breastfed baby boy. He is fed by bottle during the day at daycare. All of his bottles currently have stage 1 nipples (Born Free). Is it really nec...
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- Breastfed babies can stay on slow flow. It more closely resembles breastfeeding. My daughter is 6 mo. and has no problems with slow flow nipples. I have no intention o...
- Hey N.! I wondered about all that too with my daughter. She ended up hating the stage 3, it was too fast of a flow and it choked her all the time. The doc said to just...
- You don't have to switch them out at all unless he is getting frustrated or taking a rediculously long time to eat his bottle. My son was BF up until a year but did g...
Need Advice for Baby with Terrible Gas Pains
Asked by N.K. from Los Angeles
on April 4, 2009
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My baby is 18 days old and the first few days, he did fine on the premixed Enfamil formula they give at the hospital. Once we got home and began using the powder form...
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- Hi N., Try Carnation Good Start and Dr. Brown's Bottles. That combo will do it. Time and time again, my friends didn't believe me. Once tried, they won't do anythin...
- I remember this scenario with my son when we first bought him home. It was a nightmare for two months until we finally figured out what was going on. We took him to a ...
- We found that Gripe Water worked amazingly well!
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 ...
7 Week Old Rejecting the Bottle...
Asked by A.K. from San Francisco
on March 11, 2010
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Our almost 7 week old baby has suddenly started refusing the bottle. She was both nursed as well as fed with pumped milk in a bottle since she was 2 weeks old (our doc...
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- My gut says that it might be a case of the nipple flow being too slow. Since she has matured almost too months, she might reject the bottle if it requires that she su...
- First, kudos to you for being committed to breastfeeding, and giving your baby pumped milk when you must be away. This investment into her physical and emotional heal...
- My friend went through this same thing! She tried EVERY kind of nipple out there and nothing seemed to help. Unfortunately it was a phase that eventually passed, but t...
Breastfeeding and Bottle Nipples
Asked by G.S. from Chicago
on February 22, 2008
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Moms, how do you know when your baby is ready to move up to the next size (stage 2) in nipples? Does that affect breastfeeding? When my daughter was born, we had to su...
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- I breastfed my daughter until she was 6months. When we were out, she drank pumped breast milk from a bottle. We used Avent bottles and the nipples are sizes N, 1, 2,...
- Geraldine, I think you may be needlessly worrying yourself. If your daughter is happy with the bottle when you give it to her,why change the nipple? I tend to go b...
- I did move my son up in nipples, but only when I saw he was having problems or was impatient with the bottle. (he would try the bottle and suck on it for a few minute...
Recommendation on Bottles
Asked by J.C. from Boston
on September 29, 2008
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I have been using the Playtex drop ins for my daughter. I've recently weened her and am bottle feeding exlusively and find that the Playtex bottles are a pain and not ...
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- Here's a link to a previous discussion on BPA free bottles: http://www.mamasource.com/request/3380157384532951041 Good luck, J.
- I used others too. My cousin is a nurse and a mother of 2 and grandmother of 2. She said to use Dr. Browns. They now make BPA free bottles and they cut downs my son's ...
- Dr. Brown's are awesome but yes WAY too many parts to clean. After about a month you'd regret them & wished you bought something else. But they are wonderful have the...
When to Start Sipi Cups
Asked by K.L. from San Francisco
on October 10, 2008
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My son is 7 months old now and I do have another child whose 5, but I dont remember when is the earliest to start them on sipi cups. I was thinking of trying now since...
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- My baby began using a sippy around 7-8 months but she started drinking from a cup around 6 months. My pediatrician told me I should have never started her on the sipp...
- I started my son on the Born Free (soft spout 6+mo) sippy cups at 6 months and he transitioned beautifully. Every child is different with how well they adjust to somet...
- % or 6 months is fine. They'll let you kbow if they are not ready for them. My son never took a bottle and went straight to a sippy cup at 5 and a half months.
Breast to Bottle
Asked by G.A. from Jacksonville
on September 22, 2008
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My son will be 4 months old at the end of this month. I (with the help of my husband, friends, and mothers) have been trying to get him to accept a bottle, but to no ...
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- to go out with your husband, what I would do is to nurse right before leaving and dash out the door for the maximum of four hours. leave a bottle w/ the sitter. if bab...
- Hi G., Try the book "Babywise," by Ezzo and Bucknam. It helps you get your baby on a feeding schedule. Everyone will be happier and you won't have to worry about bo...
- After four months of exclusive breastfeeding and the number of pounds that your son has gained, it may be necessary to add more solid foods to his diet, especially if ...
Non Clogging Sippy Cup
Asked by S.K. from Washington DC
on August 2, 2008
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a sippy cup whose valve doesn't clog with whole milk. My daughter has just begun to accept milk in a sippy cup but after the fir...
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- Weird! Never had that problem! Could it be the brand of milk maybe? (By the way, I like your name!) -S. K
- my cousins boy drinks whol milk from the cups with elmo on them. and those cheap ones at walmart now with clifford. they never get clogged. he use nuby too and the...
- My son really likes the cups w/ the straws. He is not a fan of the cups that you have to tip up. Plus the straws never clog.
RA And Breastfeeding
Asked by P.B. from Anchorage
on March 21, 2010
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Okay so I typed a big long story then my computer froze so here are my questions and the WAY short explaination:
1) what kind of formula do you recommend?
(we are no...
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- Sorry this is late, but I just read your request and had to reply! I have RA (was diagnosed about 4 yrs. ago) and have tried various kinds of treatments. I started ...
- It's really trial land error. Every child, like every person, is different. You have to find what they like and what they can tolerate. My oldest took a pacifier an...
- What meds are you starting? Are you certain they're not compatible with bf? Is your rheumatologist open to exploring treatments that are? I'm currently on Humira, a...
