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Cloth Diaper Tips for Formula-fed Baby?
For breastfed or I guess formula-fed babies just use about 1 Tablespoon or 2 of perfume-dye free detergent in the wash with hot water (use more water than ...
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- I use cloth with my two-year-old and my 2-month-old. The baby is breastfed, but my daughter eats all solids so she has plenty stinky diapers. If you use a fleece-lined...
- Hi R.: I used cloth diapers in the eighties, yes ladies over twenty years ago and they were not the rage then. I preferred them over pampers or other disposable diap...
- can you just rinse the diapers out in clean toilet water and then flush after each use?
Leaving Breastfed Baby for 4 Days. Need Advice!
My baby has been exclusively breastfed so far, and I want to continue this. .... I was not concerned about giving formula (although he was 90% breastfed), ...
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- I just wanted to say, GO!! I hope you have a great time! I dont really have any pumping advice, I breatfeed but could not pump at all. It was very dicouraging. You sou...
- Hi S., I had similar problems with my daughter, I too used the Mother Milk Plus and had great results but after a nasty cold I had a large drop in my supply. I wen...
- S., I had some of the same issues with my little girl. Though i was not going on vacation. When I wanted to up my milk supply I started drinking malt. I just bought Ca...
When to Start Rice Cereal for Breastfed Baby?
Aside from that, it is already recommended for breastfed babies to not have .... ART OF BREASTFEEDING makes the following suggestions for introducing solids: ..... is hungrier for something else other than milk (breastfeed or formula). ...
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- I know you have a million responses. I started my son on rice cereal about 10 days before he was 4 months because he was eating every hour and never seemed satisfied. ...
- I personally don't understand this being made into a big issue. Your baby is ready when he/she is ready. I think you can tell when your baby is hungrier for something ...
- I breastfed my daughter and started her on cereal around 4 mos old. She was really getting hungry, and mom alone just wasn't cutting it any longer! We liked to give it...
Should I Give My Breastfed Baby Water?
Read all 15 responses: "I have a 4 month old breastfed baby, people (older women ... He's on formula now but he got the good start that he needed from me! ...
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- I love getting advice from old ladies who think I dont know anything because I am a first time Mom. HEHE. Some people say babies need water for flouride. Breastfeeding...
- It was once encouraged but is now considered a no no to give your baby water. They need to and do get their nourishment and hydration solely from your milk. But if y...
- i use to give my babies water mixed with karo syrup at least once a day when they were infants. i wouldn't do suger because it could mess up your baby's tummy.
Transitioning Baby from Breast Milk to Formula...
Is there a tried & true method for transitioning a breast-fed baby over to formula? My daughter is almost 7 month's old now, and is still almost exclusively ...
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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...
Breastfed Baby Suddenly Refuses Bottles!
If not, maybe you could try introducing a sippy cup? The brand Nuby has some very soft spout ones that ... Breastfed Baby Refusing Bottle but Taking Solids ...
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- This may sound weird but, maybe she at her young age is aquaiting her daddy leaving on business trips and being away from home with being bottle fed. It is a possibili...
- Try a sippy cup. My 8 month old still refuses a bottle. He will take a sippy about 75% of the time which allows me to be gone for more than 4 hours if needed. He st...
- I see you are a SAHM, maybe if you are able to wait a few weeks and try again she will come around. I am sure it is nice to have dad give a bottle with four little one...
Breastfed 8 Month Old Won't Switch to Formula
Signs that your baby may be getting too little formula are: .... Breastfed babies only need about 24 ounces of breast milk a day, I think. ...
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- Does she drink pumped milk? That will tell you whether it is the bottles or the content of the bottle. If it is the content, then try starting with pumped breast mil...
- Hello Hang in there and just finish up nursing until she is a year old. My first daughter took months and months to get used to a bottle/sippy cup with formula. S...
- I had a similar problem with my son. He just refused formula. He would take breast milk from bottles, but not formula, unitl we tried Similac Organic. I stoped nursing...
Introducing Solids--My 7-Mo Doesn't Seem Ready
Aug 27, 2009 ... The first year a baby's primary source of nutrition SHOULD be breastmilk or formula. Introducing foods is just that. Tasting. ...
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- The longer you wait, the worse it will get and the harder it will be to introduce textures. Both of my kids hated bananas, especially real bananas. They did better wit...
- My son was totally uninterested in "regular" food until almost 9 months. We just did the same thing and offered him stuff every couple weeks. He let us know he wanted ...
- 7 months is early in some circles. My Pediatrician was very conservative and had guidlines for when to introduce the solids. Such as, must be taking in at least 32 o...
Can't Get Formula Fed Baby to Burp?
Formula isn't a natural food for babies so they have a hard time digesting it. They spit up more often than a breastfed baby. Any chance of going back and ...
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- Give her less and try to get her to burp a little. I put her up on my shoulder and gave really firm pats, no way she couldn't burp. Sometimes, I sat her up, leaning ...
- Hmmm....sounds like she is getting to much air as she drinks from the bottle. I would suggest making sure she's using the right stage nipple on the bottle or try usin...
- Formula isn't a natural food for babies so they have a hard time digesting it. They spit up more often than a breastfed baby. Any chance of going back and breastfeedin...
Breastfed Baby Won't Take a Bottle - HELP!
What worked for me was mixing in a little formula with bottles of my expressed milk (once or so a day, usually in the .... Getting My Breastfed Baby to Take a Bottle ... Trouble Getting 5 Wk Old to Breast Feed After Introducing Bottle ...
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- I had to go back to work when my son was 16 weeks old. It was his first time to take a bottle. The first day he wouldn't take a bottle and I went and fed him in the ...
- Try to cup feed. He won't starve himself. If you stay home during the day you can still continue breastfeeding him. If he is going to a sitter then either cup feed ...
- I breastfeed my boys as well. I had to find the bottle nipple that was closest to my own nipple. Also pumped a lot of milk so that he is getting the same milk from the...
