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Washing Bottle Nipple Bottles and Rings with Diluted Bleach?
Asked by S.H. from San Francisco
on September 16, 2008
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My daughter's bottles were getting a real foul milky smell and it seemed no matter what I did, the smell always remain so last night I filled a bowl with water, and a ...
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- Idont' think a few drops of bleach diluted in bowl of water will be too harmful but I also suggest tossing all bottles & nipples that smell &/or taste like bleach. Wh...
- Bleach is a toxic chemical. Do NOT give your daughter the nipples. You're going to have to purchase new ones. There is a product called Bac-Out sold at whole foods and...
- Baking soda and hot water does a good job. I have a thermos that I use for coffee with cream and it tends to get that spoiled milk smell. I wash it with soap and wate...
General Baby Registry Tips and Opinionos on BPA Free Bottles
Asked by K.G. from Boston
on January 24, 2009
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My best friend is having her first baby soon. We went together last week to do her baby registry at Babies R Us (I have two little ones, so she wanted my opinion on t...
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- Two absolute must-haves for me: the kiddopotamus "Swaddle me" adjustable infant wrap. I kept buying more, in larger sizes and season-appropriate materials as my daught...
- I registered for the Bumbo seat and when my son was old enough to use it he was then able to get out of it. I found him laying on the floor next to it! there was a sem...
- One of my favorite items is my Graco Infant Snug Ride Car Seat which I often use in the house and bring my baby with me from room to room..when I'm folding laundry, et...
2 Week Old, Formula, bottles...sucking Too Fast than Crying
Asked by J.J. from San Francisco
on June 8, 2010
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I just had my second child. (my daughter is 23 months & now son 2 weeks) This question is for those of you who used formula & bottles from 2 weeks or less on. Which fo...
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- Hi- Here is some info on how to choose nipples and bottles (http://new-vis.com/fym/papers/p-feed3.htm): Characteristics of an Effective Nipple • The nipple fits t...
- I agree with the PP's: You can slow him down if you need to by removing the bottle for a minute or two and giving him time to swallow & breathe a bit. As for the bes...
- Ok, I'm a peer counselor with Nursing Mothers Counsel, and we just had a WONDERFUL presentation regarding a new technique called Paced Bottle Feeding. Not sure why it ...
Neighborhood Clean Up
Asked by L.M. from Cleveland
on April 4, 2013
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ok this is a little weird, I am heading up a group for the community clean up. I kind of want something to keep the kids interested and focused as we are picking up t...
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- What ages will be participating?
- We do a clean up every spring and the kids just kind of compete to see who gets the most garbage. I think a game would be a distraction from the task. They like to u...
- What about a raffle, each bag gets you so many tickets? So if the bag is quite large then you give 5 or if it is small 2 or whatever works for you guys. That way...
Bottles and Formula Suggestions
Asked by N.M. from Detroit
on January 13, 2008
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I am going to be a first time mother(single) and I am a bit scared, and I have no idea what type of bottle or formula is the best. I cannot breast feed so I am curiou...
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- We've had best luck with Nestle Good Start formula and Dr. Brown bottles. The combo worked best for our 2 boys! An important note: Take whatever formula you decide ...
- I can not say enough WONDERFUL things about Dr. Browns bottles. I have 3 kids, one is 13, one is 10 and one is 8 months. My oldest child had colic, and terrible gas ...
- As far as bottles go the avent is great and Dr browns is too. Now formula in my eyes depends on the baby. My three year old was VERY colicy and spit up all the time....
Used Medela Pump
Asked by M.B. from St. Louis
on April 10, 2011
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Hi Ladies,
I bought a used Medela pump from a friend. I bought all replacement parts for it, the tubes being the main concern. Even though I bought new ones, I thin...
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- Medela sells sterilizer bags. They are for sterilizing all the parts in between pumping, and there are certain instructions on the bag for the tubing. I bought mine ...
- You can buy baggies that are made to sterilize breast pump parts. You just throw it in the microwave, and it steams them. I'm not sure where they are sold, but I imagi...
- they sell reusable bags that go in the microwave, each bag is good for 20 times. I use them and then I can take them to work too.
Newborn Diapers, Bottles, and Pacifiers
Asked by M.F. from Cincinnati
on February 10, 2011
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From personal experience, what is the best NB diaper, bottle, and pacifier?
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- I liked the huggies. Any other leaked like crazy. Bottles I LOVED the Playtex Advent wide nipple. Some people don't like them because the leak. That's because peopl...
- Pampers Swaddlers, Dr. Brown and the paci the hospital gives you! Good luck/
- I like Pampers as well - although with the DryMax stuff in them now I've only bought the Pampers Sensitive for my baby due next month. I've also gotten some Huggies to...
Bests Bottles for Breastfeeding
Asked by M.T. from Los Angeles
on August 6, 2010
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Ok, Ok...so everything changes...this I know. I haven't had a baby in 8 years and I am now in my 7th month of pregnancy. I went to register today and was ohhhhh sooo...
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- Hi M., all bottles are same, they said this is good for this, another one for something else,..... i tried almost all of them because my baby had a lots of colic, ...
- The BEST bottle......the one your baby is willing to take. Each child is different, so I'd experiment and get 1 of each different kind and then get a few more of th...
- I BFed for a year. (my son's now 2, so this was just one year ago). Bought the MEDELA nipples and bottles and realized later that EVENFLOW made an almost identical...
Trying Different Bottles
Asked by C.M. from Boston
on June 11, 2008
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My daughter won't take a bottle (so far). She is 3 1/2 months and I am going back to work in 2 weeks. She has taken the playtex dropins with silicone nipple a few tim...
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- hi try Born Free bottles (it is similar as Avent) Avent always work good with breastfed babies but now I am not sure if Avent is actually free of BPA only tempo (drop...
- It may not be the length of the nipple but the flow that is making her gag. Bottle nipples flow much faster than the breast. I would definitely try the one someone rec...
- My only suggestion would be to try a soft spouted sippy cup. I know your baby seems young, but my son never took a bottle (or formula). We started him on the soft si...
How Have You Weaned Your Child off of Bottles?
Asked by G.S. from Philadelphia
on May 19, 2008
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My son is a year old and I am pregnant with my second child due in July. Therefore, I want to transition him away from the bottle (and binky) by the time his little b...
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- G., I stopped giving my son bottles a little after he turned one. He absolutely loved his binky so he held onto it until about 2 1/2. We gradually took it away from...
- I just started by putting the milk or formula, depending on when I started, in a sippy cup and let them have fun with it. Eventually, they all caught on. I don't rem...
- Congrats!!! I was in the exact same position as you a year ago. My daughter turned a year in April and her brother was born July 6th. What I did was I gave my daugh...
