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Transitioning Baby from Breast Milk to Formula...
I did not mix with breast milk but you can if you want if she won't take it at all. Formula is much sweeter and I always made sure it was a warm bottle. ...
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- J., Yes. When I weaned my daughter I would replace one ounce each week with formula. I did this until she was drinking a full 8 ounce bottle of formula then she w...
- Hello J., I have three boys that I breastfed, and all were a little different when it came time to wean. But, in general, I added a small amount of formula to the br...
- i did mine different i started out w/ the night time bottle and made it a full formula bottle at first and then when she got to eatting foods i nursed in the morn then...
4 1/2 Month Old Refusing Bottle (With Breastmilk)
Read all 13 responses: "my 4 1/2 month old is refusing to take a bottle. she starts crying when anyone tries to give it to her. i am exclusively ...
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- Have someone else give the bottle, don't be around, experiment with nipples...what everyone else said... My daughter took it no problem. My son was problematic with ...
- don't try giving the bottle to her your self have your dh do it when you are not around V.
- Hi A., Many breastfed babies don't like to drink from bottles. I would suggest trying when you aren't home. Babies are smart and they can tell if you are home eve...
Need Advice on Breast Pumps and Bottles
I did not use the Ameda bottles. I used Pump-Mate Breast Milk Storage & Feeding Kit. They are hard to find...I got them new on ebay. ...
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- I rented a hospital grade double pump for 6 months and was happy with it. I think it was a Medela. This was for my second and (planned to be) last child and my first...
- I have a professional that worked great for me. No leaks and great suction. If you supply is low due to the medication. You may need pomp that pomp constantly like ...
- I was given a Medela single electric pump from a friend that hardly used it. You can sterilize all of the parts so it was fine and I figured worth giving a try. I am a...
Sterilizing Bottles????
It depends if you are putting breastmilk in the bottle or formula. Breastmilk itself is sterile, so the bottles only need to be washed with hot water and ...
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- It depends if you are putting breastmilk in the bottle or formula. Breastmilk itself is sterile, so the bottles only need to be washed with hot water and soap. I've he...
- I wondered about that same thing when I was a first time mother. First of all, you will be plenty busy with a number of other things that sterlizing everything will so...
- I got these great bags at Target that I would use to sterilize the bottles. You put a little water in them, and then put them in your microwave and it steam cleans th...
Won't Take a Bottle
I am going back to work in 2 weeks and she won't take a bottle. I've tried different nipples, ... The other suggestion about expressed breast-milk was good . ...
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- My older son had never taken a bottle when he started day care at 3.5 months. He went to home care and after I confessed our bottle failures the lady (who had been in ...
- Are you trying formula or expressed breast milk? She might not be willing to take formula.
- Have you tried the Madela bottles with slow-flow nipples? Or just slow flow nipples in general. They have a differnt shape than normal nipples and the milk actually ...
Bottle Nipple Question
Ok, my daughter is breast fed and bottle fed with pumped breast milk and the occasional formula feeding. BUT, my question is this: When she eats with a ...
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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...
Storing Expressed Breast Milk
Which brands do you use for storage as well as for bottles? I'm ideally interested in .... Breast Milk Storage and Adiri Bottles When I Go Back to Work ...
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- I used the Storage tray from First year..comes in a pack of two and used gerber bags. Store them in freezer. when you are going for work, takeot her daily supply and ...
- Hi A., I used the Lansinoh bags as well. I froze 2 ounces at a time. I know it doesn't sound like allot, but I froze 4 ounces while I was on maternity leave and u...
- I used both the Lansinoh and Gerber bags. I bought plastic shoeboxes from the Container Store. I put 4 oz in each bag and sealed the bags after marking the date and ...
Breastmilk Mixed with Formula?
I would say to give her the breastmilk first and then give her the formula right after. So have two bottles ready. If you mix the two, you may waste the ...
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- It is Ok to mix breastmilk and formula. When my son was being weaned he didn't care for the taste of formula so we mixed it with breast milk for a few weeks till he g...
- you can mix the two, but I wouldn't. EBM is precious stuff, and I always wanted to make sure she got every last drop. I would hate to mix it, then have her not finis...
- When my son was an infant I my breastmilk started drying up so I started mixing the BM with the formula. The only thing that was bad that happened because of that was...
Bottle Feeding/ Breast Feeding
Try not to transfer the breastmilk more than you have to. If you can pump directly into the bottle you will feed from, that is best. Some of the good fats ...
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- The advent are great because the opening is big enough to accomodate milk that has been frozen in ice cube trays. Good luck. V.
- You've got two issues to look at: (1) Compatibility with your pump to pump into, and (2) compatibility with breastfeeding so that your child will go back & forth betw...
- You can use any type of bottle to pump into with the Medela pump, you just have to buy the adapters. I had both the Avent and Playtex bottles and found the adapters a...
Going from Bottle to Breast
I read some of the comments you recieved, and most of them are correct -- you could pump and give the breast milk in a bottle, BUT, and this is a big BUT, ...
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- I certainly think there is a possibility to get to 100% breatsmilk. I had a similar issue with my oldest son. Really using 5 oz of formula isn't horrible at all. Wh...
- oh yes yes yes! J., it sounds like you have a lot of determination. and that's the main thing you need in order to get your baby back to breast. keep in mind th...
- Dont give up! My son was the same way for the first 4 weeks. He was impatient. He would latch on but wanted his milk now.. He didnt like to wait. So i just kept try...
