Self Feeding & Finger Foods: Babies 'R' Us
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Feeding!
Asked by L.K. from Portland
on April 27, 2007
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Hi all! My little one is now 7 months old and he eats three times a day with a snack in between meals. I feed him half a jar of baby food twice a day and cereal in th...
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- L., When my boys were young like your Chandler, I had to adjust their food & formula amounts. Once they consumed the full 8oz bottle, I had to adjust their food intak...
- hi there babies will eat into there full... you might want to increase the portions at meal time...as long as they are willing to eat it with out forcing it then it...
- Finger foods - My kids loved Gerber's wagon wheels and fruit/veggie puffs. Plus, you can buy the Baby Safe Feeder (at Babies R Us) and put pretty much anything in it (...
Seeking Information on Breast Feeding
Asked by S.C. from Chicago
on August 21, 2006
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I am due in Nov with my first child. I plan on breastfeeding, however I know I have to go back to work unfortunatly so I plan on pumping and also bottle feeding (Letti...
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- Congratulations on your blessing. When I saw your post, I asked my wife, Debbie, to write a little something for you – which I will include below my comments. Debbie...
- Hi Stacey, Congratulations on your pending birth. I just delivered my first in June. I wasn't going to take a breastfeeding class but my sister-in-law really rec...
- I took a class through Northwestern Hospital before my first was born and it was very helpful to learn techniques. They'll show you different ways to hold the baby and...
Decision to Breast or Bottle Feed
Asked by T.R. from Denver
on October 26, 2006
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Hello,
Do you/did you breastfeed or bottle feed?
Why did you choose to breast or bottle feed?
When did you make your decision on how you were going to feed your ...
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- I did both. I breastfed both of my sons, but I had my husband give them a bottle of formula or breast milk so that they would be used to getting a bottle. It also made...
- Hello T., I can recomend breast feeding with complete confidence after doing so myself with 6 babies youngest 6yrs, it has been a huge blessing in my childrens IQ, th...
- We currently breastfeed and my son is 4 1/2 mos old. It was definitely very difficult at first, but the benefits were what I focused on and committed to making it work...
Getting a Baby to Bottle Feed
Asked by S. from Atlanta
on April 12, 2006
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I have a 9-week old boy, and we are having a TOUGH time getting him to feed from the bottle. I am nursing full-time, but we try to feed breastmilk from a bottle once ...
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- Hi S.! The only way we were successful in getting our kiddo to use the bottle was for my husband to feed him and for me to go away, upstairs or outside, so that the...
- You can try a Dr. Brown's bottle. They are really great. Have someone besides you feed him. Stand up and walk around while you're trying to give him the bottle. I ...
- try the bottle in the am or after a very long nap - when the baby is more hungry and more willing to take it. this worked with my little girl. when he gets the hange...
Breast Feeding
Asked by I.R. from New York
on October 30, 2009
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does breast pump hurt...?
my friend told me it hurts alot...
and is breast feeding painful too..???
what shall i do incase it hurts..??
first time mom to be her...
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- Very good question! It depends on the woman. Neither should hurt at all but it does feel a little wierd in the beginning. If either hurt, especially nursing, someth...
- I remember reading that it can take up to six weeks for your body to get used to breastfeeding. It took just about that long for me to be pain free, but the benefits ...
- Honestly, yes it hurts in the beginning, until you get the hang of it. With my first, I got a cracked nipple, so it was extremely painful to nurse until it healed. S...
Formula Feeding
Asked by J.V. from Dallas
on November 28, 2007
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How much is too much, or too little? Is there somewhere I can go on the web, like a chart that shows by age how much formula she should eat? I need to know how much ...
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- let your baby tell you how much she wants. When she does not want more she will move her head away.
- I heard the way to figure it is, multiply their weight by 2.5 and then divide by how many times they each per day, and that's how many ounces they should take at each ...
- Call the wonderful ladies at A Woman's Work, ###-###-####. They can take the age and weight of your baby, and they can tell you how much you should be giving her. You...
What Do I Feed My 12 Month Old?
Asked by K.H. from Louisville
on December 2, 2006
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We just went to the doctor to get those wonderful 12 month shots. It actually went better than I had plan! My Doctor told me that I could take him off of formula now...
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- Most importantly, don't leave him alone while eating, watch carefully for choking now that he'll be working on table foods. Some finger foods you could feed him: SOF...
- anything that you would eat that is soft is ok to feed to him. I have a 5 year old and a 9 month old. My youngest just recently refused to eat baby food. Im still nurs...
- I am pregnant with my 5th baby and I have to say, 12 months is alot easier than you would expect. That is when you get to share your plate with your child. Just make...
Training Baby to Bottle Feed
Asked by S.B. from New York
on February 28, 2008
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My husband and I will be traveling in a couple of months, but my four-month-old has been nursing exclusively. Any advice on how to train her to bottle feed? We have ...
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- Well, you may already know that what you should be looking for is a bottle nipple that most closely matches yours. But obviously you have a little one with a very str...
- I had a similar problem with my daughter. She is now 6 months and is still breastfed along with cereal, fruits and vegetables. Whe she was a few weeks old I started ...
- your baby knows innately that the milk that comes from you is the best source. training your baby to feed from a bottle at such a young age is training that there a...
What Should I Feed Him Next?
Asked by T.W. from Nashville
on September 5, 2007
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My son is four and a half months old and loves food. I started him on rice cereal at four months and now he is just starting oatmeal.
Does anyone have advice about...
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- I started my daughter on cereal at 4 1/2 months. She took to it instantly and had no problem with thick oatmeal. I started her on veggies at 5 months and she had no pr...
- They say start with veggies first because the baby might get used to the sweet taste of fruits, but you can interchange the two. You should start with yellow fruits an...
- I was told to go by colors... all things in the orange family, then green, then everything else. The first veggie I gave my little one was carrots, followed shortly b...
How Do I Get My 4 Month Old to Feed from the Bottle?
Asked by J.P. from San Francisco
on March 30, 2008
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My 4 month old daughter is too used to the breast and will not feed from the bottle. When we try and give it to her, she fusses, screams and cries until we give her t...
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- My son had a hard time taking bottles too and we tried many kinds. It finally came down to Playtex nursers and he took it. The catch was that I could be NOWHERE near...
- You might try the Breastflow bottles by First Years. They can be found at Babies R Us stores or online. They have a second nipple which is supposed to fill with milk...
- Hi J., I suspect that your daughter is lactose intolerant. My whole family is lactose intolerant, as am I and my son. Eczema is a classic symptom. The medical profess...
