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Bottlefeeding Question
Read all 6 responses: "My mom was suggesting that I feed my 5 month old a little cold water in her bottle to get her used to it since she's been teething a ...
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- I breastfed my little girl and was told that she gets plenty of water. But when the teeth made her grumpy, I started to give her lots of crushed ice with alittle bit ...
- I have 4 kids, 3 were exclusively breastfed, 1 I had to bottlefeed because I developed mastitis(sp) and was cracking and bleeding(painful). I had heard so much about k...
- Both my kids were breast feed and I just followed their lead on adding anything else in to their diet. If they showed an interest in drinking out of a cup then I woul...
4 Month Old Daughter Has Recently Become Very Fussy About Bottle Feeding-
Read all 9 responses: "My 4 month daughter used to eat on a normal (for her age) eating schedule. I do a mix of breast and formula. Just recently she has ...
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- What bottles are you using. If you are not already...try the Breastflow bottles. My son won't use any other bottle. Another reason is she could be teething. Our son wa...
- I assume you've tried Mother's Milk tea to increase your milk production. Another thing you can try is Alfalfa tablets. Take 6 to 8 prior to going to bed. You'll be am...
- she may be teething and the bottle nipple is harder and hurts more than the breast. maybe try sippy cups. she really shouldnt have a bottle when sleeping anyway. you d...
Feeding Schedule with Rice Cereal?
Should I increase the cereal feedings and take away a bottle feeding? ... You can add a night feeding of rice cereal before she has her last bottle. ...
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- Don't take away any of her bottle feedings since those are actually providing the bulk of her nutrients for the day. What you might want to consider is feeding her ha...
- How much rice cereal you feed her and how often is just going to depend on her. My son is almost 7 months now and has been eating rice cereal and applesauce since 4 mo...
- The ultimate goal by the time she is one is to be feeding her three main meals a day (with a morning and afternoon snack) and no formula. If you keep that in mind it m...
Training Baby to Bottle Feed
Read all 17 responses: "My husband and I will be traveling in a couple of months , but my four-month-old has been nursing exclusively.
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- Well, you may already know that what you should be looking for is a bottle nipple that most closely matches yours. But obviously you have a little one with a very str...
- I had a similar problem with my daughter. She is now 6 months and is still breastfed along with cereal, fruits and vegetables. Whe she was a few weeks old I started ...
- your baby knows innately that the milk that comes from you is the best source. training your baby to feed from a bottle at such a young age is training that there a...
Breast Pumps and Bottle Feeding
Jun 6, 2009 ... Read all 19 responses: "Hi all, my 5 1/2 month old son is pretty much strictly breastfed, but on occasion we have left him with my mom and a ...
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- check out la lecha league international's website. My daughter who is totally breastfed wouldn't take a bottle with, so last week when I had to be away from her for a...
- Both my kids are breastfed, and were only occasionally bottle fed. I have an Avent Isis manual pump and it works great. I wouldn't want to use it if I was pumping full...
- I've only used electric, so I don't have any recommendations for that, but have you tried your friends? I bought an electric pump that I used at home to help increase...
Feeding
When is it the righ time to start feeding your child more solid foods other than cereal and juice? Right now she eats a 6oz. bottle of formula with cereal ...
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- I agree with S.'s advice on solids and cradle cap. Although with my son, I did end up using a very small amt of dandruff shampoo (neutrogena t-gel) and that cleared i...
- i'd wait at least 6 months. the earlier you introduce foods/juices, the more likely they will develop allergies to those foods as well as allergies in general. cradl...
- All the advice written out there say to wait till they are 4 to 6 months to introduce food. So I waited till he was a little over 5 months cause I got tired of nursing...
Baby Won't Take Bottle
Also, if possible have a family member feed her her bottle. Some babies are not happy with a bottle after nursing from their mom but they get used to it. ...
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- Hi A., I'm sure you've already done some research about this, but I'll repeat the 'standard' answers. 1. Get out of the house at bottle time! Have someone else f...
- Hi A. - I would go buy a couple of different bottles with different nipples. Some babies prefer one to another. Also, if possible have a family member feed her her...
- Hi A.! I had this same problem with my daughter when I was going back to work~she wouldn't take a bottle from her father even if he was wearing one of my shirts {which...
When Do I Stop Bottle Feeding???
Read all 9 responses: "When do I stop with bottle feeding with milk in the mornings.My daughter is 14 months old and she drinks out of a cup during the ...
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- Just went through the exact same thing a few weeks ago. Took a few weeks but now my daughter happily takes the cup from morning to night. Like one of the other moms, I...
- Reward her for accepting a cup in the morning instead of having a bottle. I use stickers as a reward for doing something well (right now we are trying to potty train s...
- why can't she have it?? it will mess her up more to take it away then if she has it. what's wrong with having one thing to comfort her?
Discomfort Night Feeding
are you nursing or bottle feeding? if nursing, i don't think the mylicon causes too much constipation. I would try right after the feeding, try to get a ...
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- Hi K., This is not really a solution, more of a ME TOO! With my first child she never had this but this (4 weeks old today) one seems to be extra gassy (bottom half...
- Congrats K.!! I used Mylicon after every feeding with my first daughter. I never heard of it causing constipation nor did it cause it with her. But what it sounds like...
- are you nursing or bottle feeding? if nursing, i don't think the mylicon causes too much constipation. I would try right after the feeding, try to get a birp, then g...
Bottle Nipple Question
Is this common with bottle feeding? Do they get milk all over their chins when feeding? We have tried different nipples. We have used the standard "Gerber" ...
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- I didn't read through all the responses but I did read Melissa's and she's right on. I found some bottles by First Years (I think) called Breastflow at Babies R us (I...
- I had this same problem with my son. I used Avent bottles, with these I could buy the nipples that had like one or two holes, whatever worked for me. My son did much...
- Check the packaging of the bottle nipples you buy. They have different stages to them. I don't have any Gerber ones to look at, but with the Playtex nipples, it is sta...
