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Baby bottle feeding problems

Suggested solutions to common bottle feeding problems, whether you ususually feed your baby formula milk or breastmilk.


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If your baby does not take to a bottle you could try the following:
  • Get someone else to offer the bottle


  • Offer it at a time when your baby is neither starving hungry nor completely full


  • Feed your baby somewhere apart from where you usually sit, so that he does not assume that he will be getting a breastfeed


  • Offer the bottle in the dark, so he cannot see it


  • Warm the teat before offering it to him


  • Try different brands of teat


  • If he is old enough, (five or six months) use a spouted beaker rather than a bottle


  • If he is on solids, add breast milk or formula to his food so that he gets the goodness via another route

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message to Kylie and Kaylloyd - my four and a half son is also doing the exactly same thing - shaking his head away from the bottle then crying cos he wants it back. I worked in a nursery for 6 years and never experienced this, it's so strange. i've no idea why he does it. I'm getting so frustrated. Did either of you receive any suggestions?
added by Kymsie [Tue 20th May 2008 @ 08:41:10]
message for KALLOYD you posted a post back in 4/6/07 re your babys bottle feeding iam having major problems with my 4 month old son doing exactly the same thing just after if you found a solution atall? many thanks kylie
added by smiles [Mon 21st Apr 2008 @ 08:38:21]
please tell me is this is okay....I have a 15 wk old baby boy who only drinks 4 and 1/2 oz each feed and thats around about evry 3hrs except during the night when he wakes evry 4 hours. Is it okay for him to only be drinking that much as I've been told he should be drinking at least 5 oz each feed evry 4-5hrs?
Also how would I then go about stretching his feeds longer therefore hopefully making him drink more?
please please help!!!
added by lola123 [Mon 14th Apr 2008 @ 08:42:43]
Hi, Wonder if anyone can help me my 10 week old baby is taking 5 oz every 4 hrs starting at 7.30 am but coming to her evening drink at 7.30pm she starts crying and will only drink about 2-3 ozs as she is so tired.As soon as I put her into her cot she falls fast asleep and then could wake up at 3 or 4 am and take only 3 oz. Could someone please advise me on what I can do to get her to drink more during the evening. She sleeps well during the day.
added by Demelza [Fri 7th Dec 2007 @ 10:47:14]
Somebody can help me??I was expecting when i was told i have breast cancer.We decided to keep the baby soo we have a chemobaby Caroline,now she is 4 months.=i had my right breast remouved and 4 chemoterapy in pregnancy=and i was induced 6 weeks earlier because i started my strongest chemo after delivery.I'm bottle feeding her and she doesn't eat weel...less than less.Before she was drinking 120ml every 4 hours and now maybe half of that,she is pushing out the nipple .i tried with other kind of nipple is not getting better.3 doctors told me she is ok but i am concerned about her...what can i do??
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!ELENA-CHEMOBABY'S MOM
added by chemobaby [Mon 26th Nov 2007 @ 08:39:12]
I have a 19 week baby girl who has just decided she doesnt want to have her bottle anymore, she was taking 80% bottle and 20% breast but now she has gone off the bottle all of a sudden (causing us lots of stress).

Can anyone offer any help please.
added by Rosie [Tue 3rd Jul 2007 @ 16:31:14]
does any one else have problems with their baby sometimes fussing at the bottle ,squirming, head shaking when drinking form the bottle and then when you take it away from them they cry and scream
added by kaylloyd [Mon 4th Jun 2007 @ 08:34:45]
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