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Playtex Drop Ins....Can You Warm These in the Pot on the Stove?
Asked by G.M. from Phoenix
on December 8, 2009
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We use the Playtex Drop Ins to feed our baby. Now that it is winter time, we are going to start warming the formula. Can we place the bottle with the mixed formula alr...
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- You can warm them in hot water from the sink or stove. Just warm the water on stove first. Turn it off then put bottle in. I am a professional nanny and have done this...
- I use these with my son. I usually warm a bowl of water in the microwave for about a minute and a half, then stick the bottle in the water. Just make sure you test t...
- I used these for all three of my kids. You can do it either way. If you put the mixed bottle in water though make sure you have a burp rag or towel handy because wate...
Water in the Sippy Cup
Asked by N.D. from Chicago
on August 7, 2006
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I've been giving my daughter water in her sippy cup for the last 2 mos. When she drinks it, so much water spills out of her mouth! I hear her swallow but I dont know h...
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- I have a 1 year old too and he does the same thing. He is getting better at it though. Sometimes he does it to be funny. It seems with time he will be fine. I woul...
- You might want to try a different cut that has a slower flow... I used the evenflow sippy cups that have the handles for my daughter when I was transitioning from the ...
- Hi! This is not what I would call "abnormal" but it isn't really necessarily "normal" either! Each child is different...Avent makes a sippy cup with a soft "spout" t...
How to Get My 11 Month Old to Drink Water
Asked by C.C. from Chicago
on December 5, 2007
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My almost year old daughter is not too interested in the bottle anymore and is pretty much eating what we're eating. Without feeding her the formula I'm worried she wo...
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- For the sippy cup: my son wouldn't take it either so I switched to a straw. They make these drinking cups that look like a sippy cup, but the top is a straw. It took h...
- Does she know how to drink from a straw? If not try teach her, and then leave a straw cup with water around and see how she does. My daughter started playing with her ...
- Could she just not like the cup you're using? My son wasn't too keen on sippy cups for a long time - he much preferred a real cup (supervised, in his high chair) or d...
Seeking Help on Getting 6Mo. Old Enough Water
Asked by K.K. from Omaha
on February 20, 2008
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I have a six month old daughter who has never been too interested in drinking from a bottle. I'm able to get her to drink 20-25 oz of formula a day (which the doc say...
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- hi K.! I have two daughters now 10 and 9, but I started them on water at about 6 mon. and they loved it. they were six mon. in the summer and it started that every t...
- Maybe just give her a sippy cup of just water. Does she like to stand in an entertainment center and play? Or sit in her high chair and play? Where ever she plays a...
- It sounds like you have a good plan of trying to add some liquid at her other feedings. A few other suggestions would be if she is getting infant cereal, mix some ...
P[aytex Drop Ins
Asked by L.L. from Columbus
on August 20, 2010
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Hello, how do you get an accurate measurement using the drop ins? I have been measuring the water in a regular bottle before pouring it into the playtex drop in or el...
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- l always pored the water into a measuring cup first and then dumped that into the the playtex liner.
- We used a kitchen scale. Put the drop-in in the bottle, put it on the scale, zero out the scale, and pour in the water. This is the only way we could make sur the bo...
- Just use a Pyrex measuring cup. 1 cup is 8 ounces and 1/2 a cup is 4 ounces. Put the water in there first then the formula powder.
Best Sippy Cup for Non-bottle Taker?
Asked by M.A. from Minneapolis
on February 24, 2012
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Thanks for all of the advice on weaning the 11-month old...thinking that skipping to the sippy is a good idea.
Now the question of sippy cup - he has a hard spout p...
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- I found that the Playtex were actually the best for my guy, didn't leak and were indestructible. You can try different ones you think might work like I did, but I alw...
- Our long standing favorites are the Gerber cups that color change with the temperature. I can't think of the name of them off hand, but they are hard cups and spouts a...
- My son has low tone in his mouth and has an open mouth posture much of the time (meaning his mouth hangs open and tongue is pushed forward) which has resulted in speec...
Recommendation on Bottles
Asked by J.C. from Boston
on September 29, 2008
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I have been using the Playtex drop ins for my daughter. I've recently weened her and am bottle feeding exlusively and find that the Playtex bottles are a pain and not ...
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- Here's a link to a previous discussion on BPA free bottles: http://www.mamasource.com/request/3380157384532951041 Good luck, J.
- I used others too. My cousin is a nurse and a mother of 2 and grandmother of 2. She said to use Dr. Browns. They now make BPA free bottles and they cut downs my son's ...
- Dr. Brown's are awesome but yes WAY too many parts to clean. After about a month you'd regret them & wished you bought something else. But they are wonderful have the...
Bottle Suggestions
Asked by A.C. from Boston
on June 29, 2008
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Hi. We just made the switch from ready-made formula to powder, as recommended by our pediatrition - who says that the flouride in tap water is good for the baby (6 mt...
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- I would do Born Free or Medula because they are BPA free. Babies R Us sells them.
- Don't switch. I used powder formula and drop-ins. I would make a large volume about 32 0z, I used a rubbermaid bottle with the volume marks on the side. Then I woul...
- I use the same system and the Enfamil lipil powder. Put the powder in first, add water and shake. This especially great for the diaper bag. I have the pre measured am...
Baby Bottles Unsafe?
Asked by M. from Chicago
on October 15, 2007
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Hello Moms,
My sister in law just informed me that bottles like Avent and Playtex are unsafe because over time and cleaning them in the dishwasher breakdown a chemi...
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- It is not Playtex, it is Avent and Dr. Browns, or other clear, hard, plastic bottles. http://baby411.typepad.com/babybargains/2007/08/consumer-alert-.html It is ...
- I heard this is only true if you are putting them in the microwave w/the liquid in them. The plastic can start to wear down just like w/any plastic product. If they we...
- how could playtex bottles leak into the formula when you put in a new liner with each bottle and the formula never touches the plastic? I have used Playtex bottle...
Bottles,bottles,bottles...How Do You Choose?
Asked by K.T. from Columbus
on October 7, 2008
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I am having the hardest time trying to figure out which bottles to use for my second baby (Due Nov 30th). I used Playtex drop-ins with my first son. Getting frustrated!!!
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- Hi K., Although I haven't bought bottles for my son in over 3 years now, I recently purchased some for a baby shower and they were the "Born Free" bottles, they are...
- Hi K. Not sure if you are planning on breastfeeding. But I breastfeed both of my children and they had the hardest time taking a bottle. The only one I could get eit...
- I used the plastic liners and they worked great, my issue was nipples. The liners were easiest, just drop one in, mix up the formula and go. Good luck!
