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Bottle Suggestions for Breastfed Baby
Sep 2, 2009 ... This acceptance of the bottle was not without a battle of the wills I ... to It does take time and practice to transitionjust like you have ...
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- Try Adiri bottle (just like a breast!) and try it when he 1st wakes up in the morning and is likely to be the most hungry. Also be sure to try a bottle at least 1-2 ti...
- Hi K., I don't think its the bottle that you use that your baby doesnt like, it's the shape of the nipple. Most bottles come with the traditional straight nipple for ...
- Dr. Brown's bottles are great. L.
Breastfed Babies and Bottle Nipples
I use avent and my baby does just fine switching between bottle and breast. .... It does not feel like other nipples and does not work like any other ...
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- We used Avent bottles with the clear silicone nipples because, at the time, it was the only nipple on the market that had the wide base to flare out the babies mouth l...
- The ONLY bottle my breast fed babies would take for the first year are the platex drop in bottles. The nipples are not the silicone kind. I tried the nuk kind becaus...
- Hello Amy, I used Playtex Vent Air wide nipple bottles for my baby girl. She absolutely loved this bottles. I think the nipple being wide resembles more a natural n...
Weaning Baby Who Won't Take Bottle, Sippy Cup, or Even Pacifier
Read all 4 responses: "I would like to wean my baby (11 m old) to cows milk ... how to take a bottle and since we never used a pacifier, he does not seem to ...
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- Hi J., I had to try about 6 different sippy cups until I found one that my daughter liked. You could also try a straw cup like one of the other moms suggested. Sinc...
- try the BORN FREE cups. the nipple in that doesn't require lots of sucking. my son was the same way and he figured those out pretty quick. good luck:)
- We finally got out little guy to dirnk from a sippy cup that had a straw. You probably just need to try several differnt kinds until you find one that he likes. also d...
6 Month Old Refusing Bottle
He didn't like rice cereal, but when I gave him oatmeal he gobbled it right up. He also loves carrots, ... Supplementing with formula in a bottle was not an option. .... baby refuses bottle · what does your 6 month old eat ...
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- I had the same problem with my son. The kids basically loves the cereal and his stomch is too full to drink the milk. I had to reduce the anount of cereal so that he w...
- I have a "baby" who is now 19 months old. She was nursed exclusively until she was 4 1/2 months old and then demanded more food. Since I waited too late to introduce...
- He still needs the nutrition of a formula. Let him drink from a sippy cup. You can also add the formula to foods like mashed potatoes, oatmeal. He also still needs th...
5 Week Old Will Not Take Bottle!
I too use Vent air bottles but my daughter did not like the wide nippled ones so ... When my baby did that we just put a little syrup on the nipple to get her ... You might also try a different bottle system. My son does well with Avent ...
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- Some babies really just prefer the breast over the bottle. Usually, it's the other way around! Try not heating the bottle up all the way...it doesn't need to be any wa...
- When my baby did that we just put a little syrup on the nipple to get her to suck on it. It took a few tries but eventually she was fine.
- Have you tried the BreastFlow bottles? They are a two nipple system that mimics the breast. meaning, the baby has to compress to get any milk. I would try different bo...
3 Month Old Won't Take Bottle
Usually if a baby is hungry enough, he/she will tolerate a bottle at least for ... She may not like the taste of formula? Does she take bottles from others? ...
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- Good luck! My baby took a bottle in the hospital but then when I tried again a few months later it never worked. She went right from nursing to a sippy cup. I was to...
- Have you tried various nipples? My son was also breastfed and I went through 4 or 5 different nipples before I found one he liked. We ended up using Gerber Mams.
- This same thing happened to me. I eventually tried a variety of nipples on the bottle and having my husband give them to her. It took a few weeks, but she found one ...
Baby Won't Take a Bottle
Give her a sippie cup Why does she need a bottle You already went through .... It IS hard but know that you are attached to your baby not attached down to ...
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- I totally understand. I really hope it gets better soon. Try warming the nipple of the bottle. You could heat up water in a cup and then warm the nipple in that water...
- We had the same problem with my son! After trying several different bottles/nipples, I got a nipple with a larger hole and that worked better for him, but he would on...
- You have gotten alot of good advice, but I just have to say Kudos to your husband for being such an invested dad to think about the medicine dropper and take the time ...
4 Month Old Baby Won't Take Bottle
I have a 4 month old baby that will not take a bottle from me. ... I have just started some rice cereal and she really does not care for that either. HELP! ... They sell a bottle called Adiri that feels more like a real breast. ...
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- I would take that as a sign. Pediatricians recommend breast milk for one year. The WHO recommends two years. But at least six months of breastfeeding would have a g...
- I understand that every womans situation is different and I dont want you to feel guilty for your choices. My son was about 5 months when he stopped taking a bottle(I ...
- I had the same problem. Our second child was 2 months old when I went back to work. He would not take a bottle from my husband(School teacher, was off for summer) H...
1 Year Old Does Not like Milk
1 Year Old Does Not like Milk. How important really is milk in a baby's diet? My son was recently weaned from the bottle and didn't have an overly difficult ...
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- According to my daughter's doctor, babies over one should get around 12-16 oz of milk a day. I had the same problem that you had (her refusing milk from a sippy). On...
- I've got a healthy 4 year old and 2.5 year old that weaned from the breast without too much trouble but they refused milk as well. We are vegetarian, but do eat dairy ...
- I have 3 chn who have never had milk because I made the decision to not give it to them. I am aware of what they eat otherwise to ensure a proper amount of calcium. ...
5 Mth-old Not Interested in Bottle, Now That She's Eating
If feeding her first does not work then I would try a different nipple. ... It sounds like she is a good eater and I'm sure she drinks what she needs, so experiement a bit, but try to enjoy ... My Baby Is Not Interested in His Bottle. ...
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- Hi S., At this age she NEEDS the formula. You will have to double check with you ped. but if I remember correctly she should be drinking 24 ounces of formula a day. ...
- I would try her on a cup w/formula. My daughter started to use a cup around 4 months and by 7 months she was drinking great and off nursing by 9 months (she was just ...
- I would try either the Avent Sippy cup or I believe that Dr. Brown makes sippy cups now also. Let her use a sippy cup. All three of my boys were 100% off the bottle at...
