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What Bottle Is Best?
From our personal experience our son had absolutely NO issues going from the breast to the bottle as needed. Good luck and congrats to your sister-in-law! ...
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- It's usually easiest to introduce a daily bottle at 3-6 weeks. Baby is most likely to take it at this time without interfering with breast feeding. As far as which b...
- We liked the avent and gerber wide mouth bottles best. They don't leak and are short and stubby so easy for baby to hold when they get older :)
- The bottle most like the breast is the Adiri Natural Nurser. http://www.adiri.com/ Not the easiest bottle to use though, and also not the cheapest. With traditio...
Bottle Nipples for Breastfed Baby
I have 3 children all breastfed and given breast milk via bottle. The only nipples that worked for my children are AVENT bottles and nipples. ...
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- I used the Playtex with the bag with my first and then got sick of the bag with my second and used Avent. They were wonderful! FYI, when it comes time to transition ...
- I used Avent, but I found that with any of the bottle nipples, they all flowed faster than breastfeeding! So, we had the problem of the milk coming TOO fast, instead ...
- I was exclusively breast feeding my son but now that I'm getting ready to go back to work we used Breastflow. At first I really liked the nipple but after a few uses i...
What's the Best Bottle/nipple to Use When You Are Breastfeeding & Pumping?
Read all 19 responses: "I am getting ready to deliver & have recieved everyones great advise on which pump to get. Now I would like to know what's the best ...
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- I have found that my baby can switch VERY easily between the Avent bottles and the breast.
- I have to agree with alomost everyone who has responded. I used Avent for my son who I breast fed for 11 mts. They are simple and easy and they where wonderful for hi...
- I used Avent and Dr. Brown's bottles. I nursed almost exclusively with my first and pumped so my hubby could bottle feed a couple of times a day. With my second I pu...
4 Month Old Won't Take a Bottle- Help!!
I haven't tried the breast bottle which is kinda cool but I agree with one of the ... *Start on breast or pacifier or finger then slip the bottle in after a ...
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- I know it's kind of late for this, but I just read your post and my sister found a bottle that is freakishly close to the nipple at babiesrus. Here's what it looks li...
- I haven't tried the breast bottle which is kinda cool but I agree with one of the other Moms, the Dr. Brown bottles (if you haven't tried them already) are fabulous. ...
- Try a bottle called Breast flow -find it at Target.
Breast Feeding Transition to Bottle
Hi, I am breast feeding my 4 month old exclusively and have never given him a bottle. One mistake I made was not introducing the bottle when he was younger. ...
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- I don't know if you can give babies juice that young, but I got my baby to take a bottle by putting 2 oz juice, 4 oz water in it. It took FOREVER to get her to reali...
- I had the same problem with my now 6 month old. Make sure you use a nipple that is slow flow at first and wide at the base, it will take a little bit but he will soon ...
- Sounds like you have been doing a great job so far! Be happy that he doesn't take the binky. I got my son on it at an early age and regretted it later. As for the b...
Mylicon Use
Not sure if you are breast or bottle feeding...but he may have an intolerance or sensitivity to something you are eating. Such was the case with my DD and ...
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- Not sure if you are breast or bottle feeding...but he may have an intolerance or sensitivity to something you are eating. Such was the case with my DD and once I cut o...
- GRIPE WATER!!!!! The best for all tummy problems. My daughter had bad gas and as soon I gave her the Dripe Water she was relieved in a minute. She hated the taste a...
- We loved Mylicon drops! They helped so much!!! He did outgrow it around about 1 yr.---but they were awesome! It can totally be given regularly with no ill side effects.
Breastfeeding and Bottle Nipples
Read all 23 responses: "Moms, how do you know when your baby is ready to move up to the next size (stage 2) in nipples? Does that affect breastfeeding?
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- I breastfed my daughter until she was 6months. When we were out, she drank pumped breast milk from a bottle. We used Avent bottles and the nipples are sizes N, 1, 2,...
- Geraldine, I think you may be needlessly worrying yourself. If your daughter is happy with the bottle when you give it to her,why change the nipple? I tend to go b...
- I did move my son up in nipples, but only when I saw he was having problems or was impatient with the bottle. (he would try the bottle and suck on it for a few minute...
5 Week Old Will Not Take Bottle!
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 ...
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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...
10-Week Old Won't Take a Bottle
I tried so many of the new bottles,even spending 20.00 + shipping for one bottle that looked and felt like the breast..to no avail...then one day I tried ...
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- Have you tried switching nipple types and not just bottles? Have you tried to give him the bottle, or has it been only family? I found that when it came time to take m...
- I say first let her get use to you offering him a bottle before u switch to someone else.And the position may also be a factor as well as the nipple type...try and get...
- There is a bottle that looks like a boob. I am not kidding. I think I have seen it in the one step ahead catalog. THey also have a website. onestepahead.com. It is...
Baby Will Not Take a Bottle.
Have you tried an Adiri breast bottle yet? I have hears that many babies who ... do you mean feed the baby with formulah or breast milk in bottle....it ...
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- hi i had the same problem with mine.. one what type of bottle's are you trying to give her??? i found the easiest to transition to are the playtex drop in natural latc...
- Have you tried an Adiri breast bottle yet? I have hears that many babies who refuse all others take to this one beautifully. They look like a breast and supposedly f...
- Hey C., I have read that the first time you give your baby a bottle someone other then the mother should do it because the baby knows the difference. In fact it sa...
