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Whats the Best Way to Boil Water to Add Formula
Asked by T.B. from Miami
on September 1, 2009
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Dear Moms,
I ve been told that boiling the water on those electric tea kettle pots is unsafe cause it can cause cancer. Can you please tell me whats the best way to b...
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- T., Can't understand why persons would say that about the electric tea kettle. Everything seems to cause cancer these days - LOL. You can always try the regular k...
- Why do you need to boil your water? Is it well water? As for tea kettles causing cancer, that's a new one to me!! Soon they'll be telling us the water itself causes ca...
- A regular tea kettle and/or pot will do.
All of a Sudden My Baby Won't Take a Bottle...........
Asked by S.P. from Roanoke
on June 12, 2009
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I'm nursing my 10 week old son and I usually give him a random bottle of formula here and there. Just in the past week, he is refusing to take a bottle. I don't unders...
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- have u tried the bottles that look and feel like a breast to the baby like the adiri and the nuby natural touch i used them for my son and he loved them you can get th...
- Hi there, Yes, it's common for a nursling to stop taking a bottle. Mostly because they don't retain a "memory" quite like we do, and the motor skills it takes to d...
- I would suggest trying a different brand of bottle or nipple. Some babies are finicky about that. Our nurse recommended Avent to avoid nipple confusion - it's supposed...
My Baby Won't Take a Bottle
Asked by M.F. from Savannah
on August 14, 2007
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My 7 week old baby refuses to take a bottle. I have been nursing exclusively since she was born and I have never given her a pacifier. We have been trying to bottle ...
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- Hi M., have you tried the bottle's from First Years called Breast Flow? This is the bottle my son will take and I breast feed exclusively as well.
- We gave my daughter her first bottle around 6-7 weeks and it was a battle. I had to leave the house. My husband gave it to her, she refused. he would squirt some in...
- Have the Dr check her mouth for thrush, it is very painful and you have to suck harder on a rubber nipple than a real one. She may just be in pain. You are in my p...
Holding Her Bottle
Asked by M.B. from Detroit
on September 20, 2007
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My know-it-all younger sister (God, love her) came for a visit this last weekend; she told me more than once that it was not a good thing for my 10.5 month old daughte...
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- Holding her own bottle while you hold her is great. What's not appropriate is for a newborn to be set in a carseat(or other type of seat, or propped with pillows on t...
- I have never heard that there are any problems with a child holding their own bottle for any physical/medical reason (except maybe gas if they're getting air with the ...
- I haven't heard that before either. I have heard that when they are very small that you should hold their bottle. But, I am not exactly sure the reasoning for that.
Trouble Breastfeeding After 3 Months
Asked by C.V. from Chicago
on June 2, 2008
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After 3 months of exclusive breastfeeding my 3-month old daughter, she has become extremely fussy at the breast. It started off in the evenings only about 2 or 3 weeks...
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- Maybe she's teething? My son got his first tooth at 4 months and was very fussy nursing for a month prior. He was also diagnosed with acid reflux around the same age. ...
- If the fussiness started around the time that the bottle was introduced, i would almost gurantee that's the problem (given that you've tried pumping a little first alr...
- If she takes the bottle ok but is fussy at the breast perhaps it's nipple confusion. I had it happen both ways with my daughter; once at about the same age as yours (...
Dr Browns Bottles
Asked by A.M. from Charleston
on November 18, 2008
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has anyone use the dr browns bottles do they really work
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- I enthusiastically recommend Dr. Brown's bottles! A friend of mine used them with her son, and because of what my friend said I used them exclusively with my daughter...
- Dr. Browns are AWESOME! If your child is the least bit gassy, they are worth it. They take a little longer to clean, but I think they are worth the time. They make ...
- Once I weaned my last child, I started using Dr. Brown's I love them. They definitely do prevent gas. When I weaned my other daughter, she didn't like the Dr. Brown'...
My Kid Won't Sleep!
Asked by M.H. from Minneapolis
on July 7, 2008
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I have a 7 1/2 month old who hasn't been sleeping well since he was 6 months old--the same time his two bottom teeth came in. He used to wake up just once and there w...
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- Hi Melody! I just wanted to send a big hug your way as I can totally relate! My son will be a year old at the end of this month and he has NEVER slept through the n...
- Hi Melody, My daughter went through this as well. It was very exhausting, but eventually it got better. She's now four and has been sleeping soundly pretty much thr...
- Hi Melody, I have to agree with the people who are suggesting a doc's visit! Try to rule out the things that may need "treatment" first. Secondly, you need to do wh...
Need Bottle Recommendation, I Will Be Primarily Breast Feeding
Asked by M.B. from Chicago
on April 29, 2007
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Hi there,
It has been 7 years since my daughter was born. My husband and I are expecting in August and I am looking for recommendations for which bottles to use. ...
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- We used Avent bottles for feeding - we did NO research - just had some because I had an Isis hand pump. They worked great until my son started refusing bottles at 7 m...
- Avent makes a starter set that includes two 4 oz bottles, three 8 oz bottles, a bottle brush, and two pacifiers. The avent bottles have different "speed" nipples, the...
- Whichever you choose, try one or two until you know your little one will respond to them. We had Avent and he didn't like them so switched to Dr. Brown. We also us...
