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Help! Going into Hospital over Night, Have Breast Feeding Baby
Make sure you explain to your husband what she needs, how to prepare frozen breast milk, NOT to use the microwave and why. ...
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- Hi R., All the best with the procedure. Just curious about a couple of things: How old is your toddler? How frequently do you nurse at night? Do you co-sleep? Wh...
- It is past time to wean your daughter. How long did you plan to continue?
- Is there a chance this could be a good time to stop the feeding? If she is older than one maybe it's time...hope I am not being too harsh, I breast fed until my daugh...
My Baby Won't Take a Bottle of Breast Milk
My advice to you is to see if your husband canget her to take formula froma .... My daughter takes the bottle of breastmilk providing it is at the right ...
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- Hi, we had the same problem for awhile. It became a battle. My husband would feed her a bottle, and she would throw a fit. We would just close allt he window and le...
- My friend went through this. Just keep offering the bottle and evetually she'll accept it. My daughter also wouldn't eat well unless I fed her. I think this just tak...
- we had the same problem & discovered our babies had outgrown the low flow nipples. try med. flow & see if that helps.
Need Advice on How to Transition from Breastfeeding to Taking Bottles
I told my husband to switch back to the Dr Brown's and put breast milk in it and it worked like a charm. I don't have to leave the house now, I can just ...
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- Some babies have a tougher time making the transition to bottle feeding. What I would suggest is that your husband continue to try giving her a bottle in the evening...
- Hi K., Just be patient. Have your husband continue to offer your daughter the bottle in the evening while you step outside. She will get the hang of it, but it ma...
- You may have to wait until she's good and hungry. It sounds awful and it'll be tough, but if she's hungry enough, she'll take it. You can also look into the "breast ...
Breastfeeeding and Formula
I am thinking of giving her formula so at least she is able to be given a bottle by my husband. Also, I have heard that I can mix the breast milk and ...
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- Dear J., Don't worry about it! I too am unable to pump enough for 1 feeding a day. I have a 6 mos old, my 4th child. My husband gives her a bottle of formula at nig...
- Hi J., I have a little two month old boy who has just had his first formula samples in the last week. I'm going back to work in a week or so and I needed the a ti...
- Hi J., Congratulations on your little one. As a mom of 4 breast fed babies...YES you can offer your baby a bottle of formula. I have tried many different "brands" base...
Taking a Vacation with Husband. 2 Yr Old and 8Mo Old Staying with Grandparents
My husband and I planning to take a vacation in April for a week. ... also introduced the occasional bottle of formula and also breast milk from a bottle. ...
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- hey hun - my only concern reading your queary is that you be sure that your young one WILL take a bottle before you leave her with her grandparents! it's important ...
- Hi A., I agree with Jill. Both my children who are now 5 and 4 yrs old are the same way. When they were 13mo. I started introducing sippy cups when they were 4mo. ...
- I would wait on the vacation until my 8 month old was solidly off the breast. It will be hard enough for her not having you there for the first time, but too also ha...
Baby Won't Take the Bottle from Dad
Sep 1, 2009 ... My 4 month old baby boy, who has pretty much been exclusively breast fed, will not take the bottle of breast milk from my husband who is ...
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- Oh no! I am sure you are all stressed out and i can't imagine baby being happy at all! It will take some time to get used to but if you keep trying it he will take it....
- It took us about a month to get my son to take the bottle. We tried different types of bottles and different times. Before I nursed, after I nursed, I would give the...
- This happened to me when I went back to work after my daughter was three months old. What I had to do in the end was give her a bottle instead of my breast when I got ...
Still Producing Milk!!!
Now, sometimes I will see a drop and my husband encounters some fairly .... Still Leaking Breastmilk from Right Breast & Did Not Breast feed..daughter Is 1. ...
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- I never nursed my first child and had milk for 6 years it was really wierd i think it was from my birth control because i got the depo shot while i was still in the ho...
- i have that too sometimes. and i hve not been breast feeding in like 4 years. C.
- I had 21 months between my oldest and middle child and produced milk (a small amount) from the time I quit breast feeding to the time I had my second child and after I...
Breast Feeding to Pumped Bottle
I have a 3 month old breast-fed baby girl. The last few days my husband has tried to introduce a bottle of pumped milk. One time she drank 1 oz. and then ...
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- I know its frustrating. My daughter refused a bottle even after I went back to work. Luckily I worked in a small office a couple evenings a week, so my hubby would j...
- Keep trying, but you might be too late. With my first, I tried giving a bottle after a few months so that my husband and I could go out for a night, but my son said N...
- I didn't breastfeed, but I know even for bottle fed babies you sometimes have to try different style of bottles and nipples.
Storing Breast Milk
The most important thing is to use refrigerated breast milk in 24-48 hrs (I think ... Easy for husband to defrost and feed. Release most of the air before ...
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- I tried a few different things and found the bags to be the best way to store the milk. When I put the milk in, I would squeeze out the majority of the air and then la...
- I did the bags for the longest time...then towards the end started using the plastic containers. Both seemed to wirk well. I know they came out with a "storage conta...
- Get some Gerber storage bags, you can freeze the milk in them too, I love them.
Weaning from Breastmilk to Formula
He also won't take it from my husband. Has anyone else encountered this problem? ... You might try a 60% breastmilk with 40% formula to start and then ...
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- First try giving mostly breast milk-with a little formula mixed in, then keep increasing the % of formula in the mix. Also, all formulas are not the same, so consider...
- Is there a reason that you have to wean him? If you are going back to work then it definitely makes sense. Otherwise I would just continue nursing until the baby can...
- Try mixing fomula with breast milk. More breast milk than formula at first. Than a little at a time more and more formula.
