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Washing Bottle Nipples...
Asked by K.S. from Detroit
on March 30, 2008
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Okay-This is probably just a ridiculous question BUT how come you cannot put baby bottle nipples on the bottom of the dishwasher? Here's a look as to how much free ti...
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- I thought it was because it is hotter on the bottom rack and now there is so much discussion of chemicals being released from plastics when they are heated? I am a ru...
- You should contact the manufacturer about why they should go in the top. Perhaps at the bottom they are too close to the heat source and maybe this could adversely af...
- I always put mine on the bottom. I haven't had a problem.
Bottle Weaning
Asked by E.M. from Toledo
on January 30, 2008
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I have just taken my 12 month old's morning bottle away (three days now) and she seems to be really upset. She still gets a bottle at night time. She has been drinking...
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- We took our sons away when he turned one with the formula and changed to vitimin D milk. He was breast/bottle fed and wasnt' really attached to the bottle by any means...
- I am not sure how many bottles she gets per day..but maybe try taking out the mid day bottle(s) first then the morning and I did the night one last. My first daughter ...
- E., My "babies" are older now, but they were all weaned before 12 months. I read somewhere to start with the sippy cup and formula (or breast milk) around 6 months...
How to Add Cereal to a Bottle
Asked by B. from Lexington
on December 11, 2006
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I have a question about adding cereal to a bottle. I have tried to add a small amount of rice cereal to my son's bottle, but it only clogs up the hole in the nipple. I...
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- I am not too familiar with the Playtex Nurser System because I use the Playtex Ventair System and they have different two different sizes for nipples. Stage 1 and Stag...
- They have a spcial kind of bottle that you can use for it...I think they have it at babies r us. I can't remember where I have seen it. Sorry I couldn't be of more h...
- I have never done this or used it but I know they have special bottles made just for cereal feeding have you tried looking for one of those at the store? I know when m...
Advice on Bottle Types
Asked by C.S. from Kalamazoo
on April 12, 2008
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My son is due in June and I am planning on exclusively breastfeeding him, however I do want to pump and have him take a bottle as well so I don't have to worry about w...
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- I breastfeed and supplemented with bottles both kids. With my second I was only able to breastfeed for a short time. I initially used Dr. Brown's which I liked but b...
- Sounds like you got some great advice already. We exclusively breastfed till 6 months or more and still breastfeed at 14 months. My son took his first bottle of expr...
- Hi Ruby, My name is M.. I am a mother of 3 who also strictly breastfed my children. Now that my children are older, I have gone to school and became a pediatric nurse...
Switching from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by K.F. from Detroit
on May 7, 2007
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I took my daughter for her 1 year Dr. visit. He told me it is time to stop feeding her from formula to milk and to take her off the bottle and let her use a sippy cup...
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- well, when my little girl turned one I put away all the bottles and started giving her sippy cups. She hasn't had a bottle since she turned one. I don't think you're g...
- well I think that you should just give her the sippy cup and sound excited make it seem fun, kids like new things she'll eventually get used to it after a couple of da...
- Hi K., Don't rush it if she is not ready. Despite what the doctor says every child grows at their own pace. If she is drinking out of a sippy cup during the day t...
What to Put in a Bottle When Baby Has a Fever?
Asked by S.K. from South Bend
on March 21, 2008
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Hello everyone. My 15 month old son has been running a fever since Wednesday night. It's been a low-to-medium grade fever... goes up and down as the tylenol takes ef...
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- I would try a little milk anyway - I've never backed down with a fever...but my son used to drink soy and/or rice milk...??? Maybe try diluting it with the unflavored...
- Try Kool-Aid. You can water it down or make it with Splenda if you don't want all the sugar. It usually worked better than pedialyte for my kids.
- I think my son just had that a few weeks ago! First off, he seems to prefer the store brand pedialyte to actual Pedialyte - he drank that up pretty good. I also was ...
Sippy Cup or Bottle
Asked by J.C. from Detroit
on August 22, 2007
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Hello,
I would like to get my 8 month old son to learn how to use a sippy cup or bottle. Since he has been strictly breastfeed for 8 months, I really haven't been ab...
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- Greetings, I'm not sure which one to give your son, but I'd give him a sippy cup or a bottle with a sippy cup top. Advent has interchangable tops. They also have a ...
- "The doctor said at 6 months to start offering 6 ounces of water and 4 ounces of juice per day, but I have not been successful getting him to take more than a few drop...
- Don't bother with the bottle, just go straight for the sippy cup. Most pediatricians recommend taking them off the bottle once they are a year old anyway. I recommen...
16 Month Old Still on Bottle
Asked by T.R. from Indianapolis
on November 13, 2008
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I know, many of you may say I am a bad mom, but I put oatmeal and baby food in my son's milk. He is 16 months old and still HAS to have 7oz Milk, 1 jar 2nd Baby food a...
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- When my dgtr was 15 mos old, she wouldn't sleep without her bottle. So, when she woke up in the night, she had to have another one. She was chubby so I only put water ...
- My son was two when he gave up milk in the bottle and that was only because we basically took it away. Unfortunately that is sometimes all you can do. My son would not...
- Hi T., Both of my children had acid reflux and their GI doctor put them on special formula along with thickening up their formula with rice cereal. So, we too HAD to...
Any Advice You Have on Smoothly Weening My Boy off of His Bottle...
Asked by J.M. from Detroit
on April 15, 2008
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I would like any advice I can get on easily weening my son, who is 18 months old, off of his bottle. I do not let him have it other than before his nap and before bed ...
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- my son was the same way. he's almost 2 now. he was the same age when i took the bottle away. he completely refused sippy cups for a long time. he would act like he cou...
- hello my name is M. and i have a little girl who will be 2 this month. start handing him the sippy at naps and bed with just water. he will cry for the bottle a couple...
- I love the Gerber Transition sippy cups they are very soft more bottle like and they really worked well for my two boys! I always used them for the milk right before ...
Breastfeeding
Asked by M.S. from Columbus
on October 30, 2008
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My daughter is almost 10 weeks old and we are breastfeeding. While I was pregnant I decided to breast feed and I was like oh this will be so good for her and it will ...
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- Way to hang in there!!! I know exactly what you're going through - but it is sooooo much better for baby. I breastfed baby #1 for 13 mths. and baby #2 for 14 mths. ...
- I have breastfed three of my four children, and could never successfully pump. I talked to the lactation consultant and she said some women just can't pump. I would ...
- There are a million things to suggest but truly I think the best thing at this point is for you to contact a Lactation Consultant (where you delivered should have some...
