Bottle Feeding Problems
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She Wont Take a Bottle from Me or Her Dad!!
Asked by J.R. from Boston
on March 20, 2007
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I have a 3 month old baby girl who is breastfed and I've been trying to get her to take a bottle since she was 4 weeks old. Thats when I was told its the best time to ...
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- I know this is such a tough issue. My first son would not take a bottle when was little and he started going to daycare (at five months) and literally would go the en...
- Hi J., I actually posted about this same problem a couple of weeks ago. I was going on vacation to Florida and my daughter who is 4 months old would not take a bott...
- I was told with my second child that its easier for a baby to take a bottle if you are not in the same room because the baby can actually smell you and will want you o...
Newborn Making Gasping Noise When He Eats
Asked by A.S. from Birmingham
on April 20, 2008
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I have a 2 week old baby boy and every time he eats ( he is bottlefed) he makes this weird gasping noise, sorta like he is trying to catch his breath. He takes really ...
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- My son did that and the doctor told me there are three reasons why he may be doing that. one was that the milk may be to cold, the flow was way to fast or he may have ...
- every baby does this they are learning to breathe air and eat at the same time . good luck and congrats on the new arrival. and the small trachea i am pretty sure is c...
- I think that feeding him infront of the doctor would help. My thought is that it would be with the breathing system and not eating system. Have they checked his nose t...
Difficulty with Bottle Feeding
Asked by L.R. from Pocatello
on February 16, 2008
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I have a 5 week old infant who has gone through a number of formula changes over his short life, is on reflux meds and gas drops w/gripe water (all suggestions from my...
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- Hi! My son had a horible time with reflux, we had to try 4 different meds before we found one that worked with him, which was prilosec. Our Ped also said that it would...
- First of all I would get a second opinion on the colic. You might also want to check the flow of the nipple on the bottle. If it is slower then it may be that he is ...
- This sounds a lot like my nephew. It would take his mom 2 hours to get him to drink 4 oz. because he would suck for a minute and then start crying. She took him to a g...
Night Time Bottle
Asked by L.S. from Eugene
on June 13, 2008
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My son is bottle fed alimentum because if his reflux/colic in the first months. He's 6 months today.
My problem is that he takes a bottle every 3-4 hours.
His Sche...
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- Have you tried increasing the amount he takes at his other feedings? Try giving him 9 oz each other feeding to see if he can feel more full through the night.
- Hi Lynelle, there is no need for a "cold turkey" methods here. Just start diluting the 1 am bottle with water until it is just water. He will figure out that there is ...
- He is still young and may want to feed at night still. I would let him eat if he wants. My 6 mos old still wakes up at 2am to feed. Good luck!
