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11 Month Old Won't Take Breastmilk or Formula from Bottle/cup/sippy
He will drink a little water from a regular cup but if we try formula or breastmilk he pushes it away. I was planning on only nursing him until 12 mo and I ...
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- join the club! my son started using regular cup with very small diameter opening after we've tried every possible toddler drinking devices in vain. It came by accident...
- Hi S. Have you tried having someone else give him the sippy with milk while you go in another room? Chances are if you are there or the one giving him the cup he's go...
- I feel your pain! I'm a Mom of 14 month old twin girls. Still nursing both! But now it's only a little in the am & then to sleep. They did nothing but nurse until...
Can Not Get Baby to Take Formula
Try mixing pumped breast milk and formula. Start with mostly breast milk and ... from breast feeding to formula, I found it was best to mix them together. ...
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- Start mixing expressed breast milk with the formula. more breast milk to formula ratio at first then ease it down so that eventually you are giving him strait formula....
- I guess the first answer to your question is a question. Does he drink from a bottle yet? If you've already gotten him to take breast milk from a bottle, then I sugg...
- Have you tried using breast milk with a little formula mixed in? Over time increase the amount of formula and decrease the amount of breast milk. For example, start ...
Ok to Breast Milk Thru Bottlr and Formula Feed?
Read all 10 responses: "I'm breast milk feeding through the bottle, but i don't seem to be producing enough for her to eat...so i have to give her formula ...
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- Congrats on the new baby! Aren't they precious! Yes, you are doing the right thing. If you can't breast feed the regular way that is fine bottles will work just as wel...
- New stuff added to reply: In case I hadn't put everyone to sleep with my original post (yes, I know I can go on a bit!) I thought of something else I wanted to say....
- Hi A., I have an 11 month old little girl. I breast fed her for the first three months. Towards the end of the third month my milk supply wasn't enough to fill her ...
Can I Mix Breastmilk and Formula?
Read all 10 responses: "If I want to supplement my bottles with formula... can I mix formula in the same bottle with breastmilk? Up until this point my baby ...
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- I give my daughter a bottle of pumped breast milk and then if she still seems hungry I make a bottle of formula. I do this because i don't want to waste the breast mil...
- Yes, you can mix breast milk and formula and you can do it in the same bottle. In fact, that is the best way to transition from one to the other when & if that time c...
- M., you certainly can suppliment your bottles with formula!! It worked perfectly for me and BOTH my children (Abby 2, Corbin 1)!!! I am a teacher and going back to wor...
Breastmilk and Formula
Read all 3 responses: "I am a first time mom, and am currently a colege student and part-time employee...I have had some trouble being able to pump.
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- I am going to join the chorus and recommend that you get a really good hospital grade pump such as the Symphony or the Pump-in-Style. It will make a tremendous differe...
- I used a Medela hospital-quality pump that I borrowed from a friend. I never tried the Gerber pump, but I did try the Avent hand pump and couldn't even get an ounce ou...
- Seriously the madella pumps are the best way to go I work full time and have been using the double electric madella pump, I am able to fill 4-6 ounces per breast in le...
Breast Milk to Formula
Read all 6 responses: "Looking for other moms with advice on breastfeeding during the day and supplementing with formula at night?
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- I don't get why doctors try to push people to formula. If your baby is growing fine, why change it? I'd stick with breastmilk. It's so much easier and starting form...
- I breast fed my daughter solely for her first six months and then started pumping and supplementing once she started baby food. She was the same way, eating about eve...
- With my daugther when she was an infant (now 3) and my 3 month old son, we give a bottle of breastmilk at night. That way we know for sure that he's getting 4,6,8 ounc...
Breastmilk...formula??
Read all 20 responses: "I have a two month old that seems to be my little piggy girl. =) I nurse her, right now, about every three hours but she just always ...
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- I dont know how long you have her on each breast but when I had that same issue with my daughter I added 5 extra minutes to each breast. The amount of milk you give ou...
- First of all, congratulations on nursing your baby! You should feel proud of yourself. I agree with most of the advice on this. Do what feels right to you. Supplement ...
- Hi J., Both of my babies were c-section babies & I had to start supplementing with formula in the hospital. I was told my body would produce enough milk to keep t...
My Baby Won't Transition from Breast Milk to Formula! Help...
Read all 18 responses: "I had a beautiful baby in November 2008...he is my " bonus" baby! lol He has been breastfed for all of these months and I am starting ...
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- It's commendable that you are nursing your son. I nursed my son until he was almost 2 years old. But some of the best advice I received about weening my son came from ...
- Could you pump and send your own breastmilk mixed with formula...start with just breastmilk and then add a bit of formula so he gradually gets used to the taste. It mi...
- Have you thought about getting a pump and keeping him on the breastmilk? Believe me, I know it can be a pain, I've been pumping for 7 months now. If you are interest...
How Much Breast Milk/formula Should My 8-Month Old Be Taking??
Read all 8 responses: "My daughter is about to be 8 months old and she is in daycare while I work full time. I pump 3 xa day while I am at work and usually ...
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- Most babies take about an ounce an hour of breastmilk and since she's eating solids she may want less unless she's in a growth spurt. Check out this kellymom link...
- i was told 6-8 oz of formula/breastmilk per feeding, but i think that every baby is different. my daughter, who is 8 months old, only takes about 4 oz per feeding. if ...
- I found that after a little bit when the bottle cooled, my son wouldn't drink anymore. Maybe you could see if it can be warmed a bit midway through if you are concerne...
Mixing Breast Milk with Formula
With my twins I had them on formula and breast milk at 6 months, because I .... your milk better than the pump, so if you're together - nursing your baby is ...
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- it will make your supply drop..can u pump and have some extra bm in the fridge? that will affect your supply too but sometimes mixing formula can have side affects on...
- C., Hi, i didn't breast feed my babies, I had my babies onh Simulac with Iron from day one, I had many reasons why i didn't breast feed but one of those reason were, y...
- Even though you want more sleep you need to know that a normal baby will eat 8 or more times a day at this age. Our pediatrician MADE us feed our twins every three hou...
