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Born Free Bottles or Some Other Kind
Asked by E.R. from Chicago
on June 3, 2011
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I am due for baby number to any time know. We are looking for bottles to use for when I pump. I am very much interested in the born free bottles. Please someone help a...
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- We used the Born Free with our youngest and loved them! I even passed them on to my brother/SIL and they are still holding up (of course they purchased all new nipple...
- They just recently came out with the fact that the BPA free may not be any better, but I swear they change things so quickly who would know! I personally would go with...
- I used Born Free, and while I liked them, there were a lot of parts to clean. However, I had to use soy formula with my daughter and it's a lot thicker than breastmil...
18-Month-olds Won't Drink Milk from a Cup
Asked by A.B. from New York
on May 2, 2008
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My 18-month-old twins were getting milk from nursing in the mornings and evenings, and drinking milk from bottles at daycare a couple times a day. Our pediatrician has...
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- A., I went through this type of situation with my 4 1/2 year old, he was not breat fed though, he would only drink from his bottle morning, noon and night. He was a ...
- Have you tried the Nuby cups? These seem to be very successful. Also, they may not want sippy cups at all. My daughter (also 18 months) likes to drink from a regula...
- My son still never took milk from a cup, and still does not drink milk. The only way we can get a little milk in him is to give it over cold cereal in the A.M. I would...
Making the Switch from Formula to Milk
Asked by C.G. from Chicago
on September 11, 2008
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My 12 month old son needs to stop formula and start milk. Also, the Dr. would like to see him off of a bottle in the next couple of months. He drinks a sippy cup wit...
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- I'd suggest just doing one thing at a time and, to take off some pressure or anxiety, try not thinking about what the doctor said. My MIL said the bottle to sippy cup ...
- It took me while to get my son off the bottle. At 14 months he finally took a NUBY soft spout sippy cup. After 3 weeks on that I gave him Gerber Take and Toss Sippy Cu...
- A friend of mine took her son to the store and let him pick out his own sippy cup and low and behold....he drinks milk from it now. Just a suggestion. Personally, I ...
How Do I Get My 13 Mo Old to Drink Her Milk? Please Help.
Asked by L.P. from Philadelphia
on June 10, 2008
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I'm trying to transition my exclusively breastfed baby to whole milk but she refuses it. I've also tried soy milk (original and vanilla flavor) and she's refused that ...
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- Add about 1/4 to 1/2 a bottle of "Ensure" to the milk, call it a milk shake. Make it something special. There is a children's version of "Ensure" but I don't know the...
- I had a tough time too... but I found that if I warmed the milk in a sippy cup (Born Free of course) and gave it to her after she woke up and after her nap while I am...
- Hi L., I am no expert, but I have witnessed many upset moms over the drinking milk issue when I ran a daycare center, and my daughter also refused milk after being sol...
How Do I Get My Son to Drink Milk from a Sippy Cup??
Asked by K.E. from Chicago
on January 28, 2009
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I have a wonderfully happy little 18-month-old boy. He is getting to be a much better eater than before, however, he will ONLY take his milk from a bottle at night. He...
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- have you tried different sippy cups. two good transition from bottle cups that ive found were the nuby sippy cups and the avent magic cups. they have soft tops and s...
- K., I agree with the other prior posts. We used the Nuby soft topped "sippy cups". It's kind of between a sippy and "nipple" bottle. This worked until we did mov...
- My son absolutely refused to drink milk from a sippy cup. He would drink water, but not milk. I finally gave him a cup with a straw and he did really well. Then, I ...
My 2.5 Year Old Does Not Drink Milk
Asked by A.D. from San Francisco
on April 3, 2008
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I have a 2.5 year old daughter who will not drink milk from a cup (I've tried many different kinds - sippy, straw, open, etc.). I continued to allow her to use a bottl...
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- Chocolate has caffiene!!! Why don't you use CAROB instead? and besides... COW'S MILK ARE FOR BABY COWS!!!! Get your calcium from plant sources such as BROCOLLI ...
- I had a very similar problem with my child. My pediatrian told me to not worry about giving him milk. His words were "we are not cows, so he can live with out cows m...
- I have a friend whose husband is a pediatrician and their third boy was the same way. What they did, which was extremely effective, was to mix milk with orange juice....
Weaning from Formula to Regular Milk and Going from Bottle to Cup
Asked by T.H. from Sacramento
on December 27, 2008
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So my son is now 9 months old and I want to switch him to regular milk. He seems to love Ice cream and not have a problem. I am almost out of formula and don't want to...
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- T., I would give him formula until he is a year old. If you give him cow's milk too early, you could have issues with allergies down the road. Contact Wic if you ar...
- I know everyone has already said this already, but please wait until he is a year until you introduce milk. This is what I have been told by my ped as well as everyone...
- I would check with your babies doctor before going off of formula before 11-12 months. I also recommend slowly weaning him off. I started with 1/4 milk, 3/4 formula an...
2 Yr Old Won't Drink Milk in Anything but a Bottle
Asked by C.E. from Atlanta
on October 9, 2008
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Help. My 2 yr old is great. Smart and articulate. But she will not drink milk out of anything except a bottle. We have tried everything: you pick the sippy cup, the c...
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- I too have two daughters ages 4 and 2. My now 4 year old was the same way at 2. She refused to drink milk from a cup. She drank water, juice from the cup, but not the ...
- Don't stress too much about this. Its not like she is about to enter kindergarten with a bottle :-) Alot of kids give up bottles before they are 12 months old and ot...
- Try not sweating this one. Give her the bottle,she will out grow this thing she has going with the bottle. It is very natural for her not to want to give up the suckin...
2 Month Old Spitting up Currdled milk....a Lot
Asked by P.M. from Atlanta
on May 16, 2010
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my friend has a 2 month old who is always spitting up and kinda gassy. any ideas he is on a milk based formula now...her ped recommended nutramigen but i told her to t...
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- My nephew was like that also... Tell her to try lactose free/ soy formulas... It worked for us...
- Both of my children were gassy and spit up a lot and didn't tolerate the milk based formulas that well. I switched them both to Enfamil AR after we got home from the h...
- I would try a different bottle type. We too had the Playtex nursers and they made my son very gassy. We switched to Avent bottles and that helped alot. My son was nurs...
Trying to Transition to Sippy Cup
Asked by R.A. from Chicago
on February 16, 2009
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My son is 15 months and is not a good eater. He is only 18lbs and is not on the chart for weight. He has many severe allergies and cannot eat dairy, soy, wheat, oats ...
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- R. - I know ensuring babies switch to a sippy cup at 12 months is standard medical advice nowadays, but I'm not sure why (is it for the placment of the teeth?). I wou...
- both my girls were not even 18 lbs by that age. They didn't hit 18 lbs till they were 18 mos. So I totally understand your anxiety about not getting enough calories....
- Just a suggestion, but my son who is 12 months loves the NUBY sippy cups. They are a softer nipple. I have tried the hard sippy cups and he does not like them. The NUB...
