Digestion: Infant, Nuby

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How to Get 7 Month Old to Drink Water - Won't Take Bottle, Sippy Cup, Straw...

Now that my 7 month old is eating "real" food she is becoming constipated and it is clear she needs to be intaking more water. She nurses A LOT but still needs water. Does anyone have a suggestion for a baby who will not take a bottle and only blows bubbles with a straw and chews on a trainer/sippy cup. My first daughter got very constipated when she started solids and I don't want to go through that again with my second daughter. It was so painful for my first, I really don't want to put another baby through that. Especially when I...

Gag Reflex

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Baby Not Taking Bottle

Hi Moms! I have a 11 weeks old baby that refuses bottles. I went back to work part time 3 weeks ago and my husband has to listen to her scream the whole time I am gone. She had no problem breastfeeding but seems to have a bad gag reflex. She wont take any pacifiers either. We have tried lots of different kinds of bottles and nothing worked. He is now feeding her with the syringe out of the motrin bottle. It is messy and she does not get a lot but at least it calms her down for a while. I would appriciate any other ideas you have. ...

Spitting Up

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8 Month Old Wont Eat Baby Food

My son is 8 1/2 months old and he has 2 teeth on the bottom. He wont eat baby food he hates it!!! And he likes table food but really the only thing he wants is his bottle. I put cereal in it to give him some food but i dont know how to make him eat more. The doctor said he has diet issues but i can't get him to eat anything. And i also don't know what type of table food to feed him that will give him enough nutrition. OO and another thing he won't take a sippy cup i have the nuby kind but he just will not take it even with juice in it. I...