Toddler: Dr. Browns
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Seeking Bottle Advice
Asked by M.G. from San Francisco
on February 13, 2008
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I have a 5 week old foster baby in my care who is very gassy. He has a problem pacing himself during feeding, and can get quite uncomfortable while eating. I’m al...
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- I use born free and LOVE them, but I didn't get them because of gas. When my daughter had gas issues I used to add a couple ant-gas drops to each bottle and that made...
- The type of formula you are using might be the cause of gas. We used Carnation and it gave our girls less gas than Enfamil.
- M., I haven't used the bottles you were talking about. But for my son we used the playtes with the liners. You can push all the air out of the nipple so they get milk...
Seeking Bottle
Asked by A.L. from Atlanta
on October 7, 2006
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I have recently gone back to work. I am still breastfeeding and pumping at work. My daughter is having a little problem taking the bottle. She does take it, but it tak...
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- I would use a bottle that says promotes breast feeding. She might be having nipple confusion. Playtex has bottles that are made to promote breast feeding. If you wo...
- Try the Avent Natural shape bottle
- I used the Avent bottle. It seemed the most like the breast and the that my guy liked the best. They have 4 different nipples for different ages so make sure you check...
Fussy Baby with Lots of Burps and Gas!!! Help!!
Asked by N.T. from Detroit
on July 15, 2011
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My 6 week old is having a lot of issues with burps and gas. I am using dr. browns bottles and just switched to gentlease formula by enfamil a week ago (meant for this...
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- I use Mylicon drops and if that doesn't help, getting into a warm bath with my babies resting on my chest always seemed to be the only thing help them stop screaming. ...
- My son and I took an Itsy Bitsy yoga class when he was about that age and many of the exercises we did helped calm him a lot. Maybe you can find a baby yoga or infant...
- Mylicon gas drops before feedings and as needed after feedings can help with the gas. I would also get some gripe water (my favorite is Wellements's Organic Gripe Wat...
Bottle Issues
Asked by B.R. from Fayetteville
on March 22, 2007
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My 11 wk old will not take a bottle. She is exclusively breastfed, but I try to pump so that I can go out once in a while. So far, she will not take a bottle from he...
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- I don't have much time, but Just wanted to tell you about the Gerber Nuk Nipples. They are made to replicate the real nipple, which appparently oyurs loves, just like ...
- Hi B., When my oldest was a baby he refused to take a bottle no matter what kind of nipple it had. One day my mom had me leave the room and she tried to give him a bo...
- Hey B., Have you tried the "Breastflow Bottle" made by The First Years? You can only get this at Babies R Us. I have heard other moms say very good things about ...
Help!! My 71/2 Month Old Spits up 24/7, We've Tried EVERYTHING!!
Asked by L.A. from Cleveland
on June 25, 2011
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My daughter has been a very "spitty" up baby for what seems like forever. I was only able to breast feed for 2 mon's due to a milk duct problem in my breast. We have...
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- how long have you been using the soy? It take the body a month to get rid of the dairy. I nurse and my baby was also very spitty. We did Zantac and then had to switch ...
- I was always told that as long as the child was healthy and gaining appropriately, spitting up was a laundry problem, not a child problem.
- Both of my babies spit up. My daughter spit up until she was 6 months old. But my son spit up until he was 1 year old (when he moved to milk)! He was on Zantac which o...
Bottles
Asked by E.A. from Chicago
on July 26, 2010
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I am looking for new bottles. My son 4 years ago I bought Avent. I didn't like them then. Course they where not BPA free. So I have thrown them away.
I don't want...
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- I started using Tommy Tippee in late May for my then 9 week old twin girls. They have been working great!! Will move from 5oz to 9oz bottles soon. Easy to clean the ...
- My son refused to use Dr. Brown's, which was fine with me. All those little parts to clean! He was a breast-fed baby, and he seemed to like the wider nipples, so we ...
- my baby wouldnt latch on anything when he was born and had gurd so it was a pain to fins a bottle that he could use. the best one i found was the dr. browns and the av...
Opinions of Dr. Brown Bottles
Asked by M.N. from Philadelphia
on January 8, 2009
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Anybody has anythng to say about Dr. Brown bottles. I have a 2.5m old, used to use Avent and hated them-she gulped too much air on them. Switched to simples narrow Ger...
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- I *loved* our Dr. Brown's bottles. We used the glass, which I would recommend. They now have the BPA-free plastic ones, but I always figure it is just a matter of ti...
- I have a nine month old daughter with reflux and we have used Dr. Brown's glass bottles from the start and it has been great for her. I use the Enfamil Lipil as well. ...
- Hi M.. My daughter is now 8 months old and I've been using the Dr. Brown's since she was a month old. She's always had very bad gas, as well as terrible spit ups. As f...
Bottles W/out BPA
Asked by T.G. from Los Angeles
on May 1, 2008
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My son has been using the Dr. Browns bottles and they have worked well for him. However, with the BPA scare I am changing but all the new glass Dr Brown bottles have b...
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- A GREAT BPA free brand is the "MAM" brand. You can get it on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/103-###-###-####-###-###-####?url=search-...
- Hi T., Nuby has the best bottles all without the BPA. ANd they fit Dr. Brown's standard nipples. What you want to look for with bottles is that they are the soft ...
- They is so much hype about it out there right now. I am still using my Avent bottles...I did just see this on Nightline the other day, they tested how much BPA is in ...
Help with 4 Month Old Feeding Issues
Asked by L.B. from Kansas City
on August 30, 2009
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Hey mamas! I need some major help here. I have a four month old baby that, not be mean, has been a MAJOR challenge since she was born. I have a 2 year old also so i...
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- Hello L., I watched a program on babies with this same issue. Go to your doctor and if he/ she doesn't try to help resolve your babies issue go to another one. It s...
- I suggest a low iron formula. Some infants are more sensitive to iron than others. Research "symptoms of iron overdose in infants." Of course your child NEEDS iro...
- Hi L., I know this is kind of late but I just read your request and the other responses. I remember when my oldest son was so colicky and it was terrible! I agree...
Best Baby Bottle...with Few Parts
Asked by R.D. from New York
on May 2, 2011
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Hi,
We currently use Dr. Browns bottle for my 5 month old, yet I am so tired of all of the parts and hate the fact that you have to touch the innards when filling it ...
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- we use the gerber basic bottles. Unless your child has special concerns, I wouldn't be too concerned about germs. You are prepping the bottles with your own clean hand...
- The best bottles I ever used were the totally basic Gerber bottles. And we tried a ton. I think they have tinted ones (colors) that are BPA free.
- I love the Playtex drop-ins system. Super easy to clean, and my babies took to them better than anything else!
