Breast and Bottle
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Topic: Breast and Bottle
Posted By: EthansMummy
Subject: Breast and Bottle
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 3:13pm
I am not trying to start a debate or war  i would like opinions.
I am going to (if possible) feed my baby breast at home or most of the time and bottle when we are out. Has anyone done this and could give me advise, does it work ? ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
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Posted By: kellverona
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 3:18pm
im gonna do that to Linelle. Half and half. Be easier I reckon . be good to hear opinions ------------- http://pregnancyplanet.net/tickers/"> 
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Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 3:22pm
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Yea, i don't really want to be having to breatfeed when we are out (which is quite a bit) but i would like to give breatfeeding a go as well ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 3:30pm
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Asked out of pure curiosity: why don't you want to breastfeed while out? ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 3:37pm
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i wouldn't make any hard and fast decisions until after you have the baby. It's easy to decide what to do now, and then change your mind completely later. on that note, i feed both breast and botle and have no problems
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Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 3:38pm
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Umm, just a personal thing. I would prefer to be able to sit in a room and continue to talk to people while feeding but if breatfeeding i am not the sort of person who would be comfortable doing that. I understand that you would be able to if you were breatfeeing but it's out of my comfort zone. And i also feel it would let my partner feel more invovled as he can't really put my breast on and feed the baby. ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 3:40pm
Oh, okay, fair enough... I was just wondering.  ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: kellverona
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 3:44pm
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yeah I feel a bit like that too Linelles. If I had to breast feed while out in public id have to go to a proper mothers room or whatever you call them, near the public toilets. At least with breast and bottle feeding combined baby would get the nutrients that he/she needs as well as partner being able to be more involved with feedings and when out can bottle feed. ------------- http://pregnancyplanet.net/tickers/">
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 4:05pm
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I'd like baby to be able to take the bottle occasionaly but I believe that in the end it can be up to baby as to what they will accept. Hopefully people have some tips for helping bubs accept a bottle. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: bonz
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 4:53pm
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Hi ya,
I too was very nervous about the though of breastfeeding in public, but after giving birth I am not too shy about my boobs anymore! LOL. It is totally personal choice lovey, you have to be comfortable with breastfeeding, so do whatever you feel at ease with. One point to note though about bottle feeding is that a breastpump is not as efficient at keeping your milk supply up as a baby suckling so you might want to bear that in mind when you are thinking about how many bottle feeds a day you are going to slot in. I was also told by birthcare not to bottle feed for the first 6 weeks so that your milk supply has a chance to settle into what baby needs. It is also easier for baby to get milk from a bottle than it is from the boob and some babies will start refusing the breast. I had no trouble with my wee man, he took food however he could get it but my friend had real trouble keeping her milk supply up when the baby started refusing the breast. bonz |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 5:19pm
i just wanted to say that I too was really uncomfortable with breastfeeding in public before having Joey and it took me a little while to get used to it after he was born too but now it's no problem at all!! As a b/f mum it seems easier to me to have the breast there when Joey is hungry instead of having to faff about with a bottle, heating it etc. also no messy cleaning and sterilizing  That said, i fully understand and support whatever you girls decide to do!
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 5:36pm
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i did both with caitlyn-and i found it worked out fine, it was also good cos she got used to a bottle very early on so when i decided to wean her at 14months i didnt have any hassles getting her on to a bottle
your the one that will be responsible for feeding her so just do what ur comfortable with chicky
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 6:08pm
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I fully breast fed... the only reason is that I was far too lazy to bottle feed! hehehehehe
I think the idea of getting your hubby more involved is lovely. They do often feel very left out and it might be nice. I know when Hannah was weaned, both my boyfriend and my sister's boyfriend loved snuggling up with her while she drank. Only way they could hold her and she wouldn't squiggle away! I'd like to see what you do end up doing... would be interesting to see if you end up like the rest of us, where we left our humility in the maternity ward! |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 7:45pm
I have to agree with the other girls here.. I was determined I was going to breastfeed, and did.. but felt a bit shy about the idea of breastfeeding in public.. oh man, if only you knew how all of your modesty flies out the window once you give birth  I breastfed everywhere, it was my right lol and I was not going to starve my baby because someone else had a problem with it! I even fed infront of my partner's workmates, they were all guys back then lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 8:54pm
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i think its all personalchoise i b/f james only for 2 days then expressed then bottle/formual and i badly wanted to b/f i have been told to interduce bottle to baby early so they get use to it outherwise they can go on stike i was lucky and james would take a feed with what ever was infront of him good luck ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Kim
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 11:04pm
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Living in Saudi there is no way I can breastfeed in public and they don't provide any rooms where you can go and breastfeed so if we're out I take a bottle of expressed milk for Zac and it works fine. Just remember though to introduce the bottle after 6 weeks I think it is as some babies won't take the bottle if you leave it too long.
And I also bought a breastfeeding t-shirt off the breastmates website which is great as there is a flap for you to put your breast through so you don't have to lift the t-shirt and expose your tummy or back and you can't see your breast...it's great when you have visitors and don't want to leave the room to feed. ------------- Zac Mark - 30.11.05 Samara Ailsa - 13.08.07 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 7:14am
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I fully breasfed Maya till 10 mth, never hada prob with the feding in public thing, but I would have liked to be able to give her a bottle when she started daycare at 5 mths instead of having to rush over and feed her in my breaks.
Somy only advice is that if you are going to do both, start early. I was told not to offer a bottle till after 6 weeks to make sure feeding was well established, but by then it was toolate - Maya was far too comfortable breastfeeding to show any interest at all in the bottle. So with this bub I will be starting a bottle a day frm day dot. Also, with bottle feeding when you're out, bear inmind that you will have to find somewhere to mix/heat bottles etc. which can be a bit tricky.When I put Maya on the bottle I remeber asking McDonalds to stick it in their microwave and they wouldn't do it, apparently against their policy, so I had to heat it in a cup of boiling water which took much longer. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 7:50am
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Someone (janine maybe) gave geat advice abour wearing boob tubes under your t-shirts. You can lift t-shirt up and pull boob tube down and hey preseto, no exposed baby belly!! I must admit, I don't like breastfeeding in public very much. I';m fine in the park when people have no idea what is going on, but in a restaurant...hmmm, not sure.
Went to a party with my dad when Jake was a baby and I started to breastfeed him. Dad made a huge deal of "shielding" me. If he'd shut up and let me get on with it, no one would've noticed, course everyone looks at the man acting as a human barrier though.....idiot! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 7:51am
| Just to reiterate though, this is YOUR decision and don't let anyone ltell you what to do...as they will! the breast bottle debate is so controversial and it really should'nt be. If you want to breastfeed, you should be able to. If you want to bottle feed, you should be able to - end of story. |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 8:21am
 I totally agree Liz!!
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 10:22am
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Oh the great breast/bottle debate! Lol......Everyone I've met is so anti bottle feeding to start with but now I get the "when are you going to wean him??".
I'm still at it despite the critics. Linelle, sounds like you have a great plan, but just don't set your heart on it. I wanted to do that as well by my boy is a Booby Man all the way. I started to introduce a bottle when he was 6 weeks & he just would not take it  Ah well, I do enjoy using the Mother & Baby rooms but if there isn't one around I just find a comfy park bench somewhere. I have no dignity as far as that is concerned, most of my male friends have seen my boobs & I just don't care.
My SIL had the opposite happen, her little girl took to a bottle & pushed the boobie away. She ended up on formula. No big deal I thought but my SIL was completely gutted about it. Every baby is soooooo different. So don't set your plans in concrete until you have Bubs, you may find bubs refuses a bottle or takes to it with flying colours. Sorry novel ended ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 10:24am
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The other thing i thought about is are people doing this expressing milk or using formula ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 10:41am
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Some people used expressed milk & others use formula. I tried both & my boy turned up his nose at both of them. My SIL used breastmilk to start off with but her supply disappeared so her daughter ended up on formula ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: robyn
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 11:02am
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I hate expressing, it was horrible but then I didnt really have the most comfortable surroundings (hospital sharing a room with others) and was never going to breastfeed but do have friends have have mixed bottle and breast successfully. If we had of been home straight away i might have done the breastfeeding thing just at home but it was never an option for me to do it out of the house because Im just not comfortable with it. DOnt know why cos I was the only one of my group who bottle feed and I certainly had no problem with them breast feeding, I didnt feel uncomfortable or anything but it just wasnt for me. ------------- KOBE born 19 March 2004 http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 11:03am
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i totally agree with pretty much everything everyone has said. First time around i was so modest, so worried about breastfeeding in public and that was made worse by the fact that Paris would kick up a huge fuss and not feed or latch and scream - so EVERYONE would look!
I think we finally started to introduce the bottle at 3 months because of the extent of her feeding probs, she was losing weight, not growing and was not a nice child to be around (i wasn't that nice either really). This time however, Ayja was a feeding champ from the word go - and because she was so easy to feed, and discretely i was a bit more comfortable - i still don't just feed anywhere - usually prefering to find mothers rooms, or go to the car if i have to. However - despite trying to introduce the bottle around 3 months, while i have been on clinical placements, here wer are at nearly 10 months, with a baby who would be happy to breastfeed for the rest of her life i feel - even when i am away a full day on placement - she will be lucky to drink maybe 30 mls from a bottle. I started off originally expressing the milk to put in her bottles - but with so much going to waste constantly - i felt that it was not worth the effort to run myself into the ground trying to feed, express and study too. so formula goes in there now. introduce baby to the bottle early - but make sure if you have any feeding problems, that they are dealt with first, or baby may simply give up breastfeeding in favour of the bottle, as it takes much less effort to get milk from a bottle than from you. good luck with whatever you decide to do - sometimes fate just takes it out of your hands anyway. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 12:05pm
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I am goign to have to go back to work after about 12 weeks so I am goign to try and do a mixture o bottle and breast too, ofcourse when I can I will try the breatfeeding but sometimes circumstandes just might nake it too hard i guess...that is my plan anyway but ofcourse we will see how it works out... ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 12:09pm
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I did the sme as Janine - expressed milk for bottle feeds until I realised I was wasting my time. Maya didn't care whether it was expressed milk or formula, she wasn't having it unless it came directly from the source! We did have a lot of trouble finding a formula she could tolerate due to allergies, so she ended up being hospitalised at 10 mths and forced to take a bottle otherwise I'm sure she'd still be firmly attached given her own way. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 12:49pm
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I was really worried about feeding in public when I was pregnant too, and avoided it for the first couple of months until we had the hang of it. But now I really dont care, you do it so much that you get pretty good at hiding everything and being very discret. We went to a car club event on Sunday, then to a pub for dinner afterwards and I fed Hannah everywhere we went! She also has a bottle occasionally - first gave it to her at about 4 weeks, one a day of formula until found out she was allergic to dairy ones. Now if I'm going out and leaving her I will express and she takes bottle fine - I would give her formula those times but its too expensive to buy a tin of the Soya stuff and only use it a couple of times in the month.
Anyway, its up to you. once your baby is here and you get used to breastfeeding, you may find its not a problem, but then it may still be and it really doesnt matter cos whatever you do someone will comment on it! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 1:40pm
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looks like your possibilities are endless...
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 1:47pm
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Gsmum, we put Ella on a bottle at 13.5 months when I weaned, reason being, she wouldn't drink out of a cup and she still needed that sucking comfort which she got from the bottle. She is now 21 months and still has one bottle before going to bed. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: robyn
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 6:40pm
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KObe still has a bottle at night and occassionally one in the afternoon if he has a sleep. He wont sleep without one. ------------- KOBE born 19 March 2004 http://www.TickerFactory.com/">
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 11:45pm
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i meant that i weaned her off the breast at 14months but she didnt mind too much cos she was already getting a bottle ...but by then it was more of a cup of juice or water or vodka KIDDING!!! not that id been only bf for 14months then gave her a bottle one day lol
basically what i meant was that my friend had real trouble weaning her child off her breast whereas caitlyn didnt give a monkeys ass (tho she should have,my beautiful breasts she should have been honoured! ha. ha, am sooo kidding yay for saggy boobys )
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 6:36am
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I reckon I'll do a bit of both, somehow... although ideally I'd like to exclusively breastfeed for as long as possible, there are a number of factors that I just will not be able to count on until after bubs is born. Whatever happens will happen I guess ! What matters is that baby is happy. ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
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Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 10:14am
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I only had three months off when my first son arrived and his creche was in a different town to where I worked so I decided to bottle feed from day one. My husband also wanted an active role in feeding so bottle feeding worked really well and we had turns doing the 3.00am feeds which I must say worked really well. When our second son arrived I never gave it a second thought as to bottle feed or breastfeed so just did the bottle again. For us it worked really well.
As for heating the bottle when you are out most places do do it but a lot of places have microwaves that are a lot more powerful than the home type so don't get them to heat them to much. I have a Kapoohi Baby bag which has two sides for bottles - one with heat protection and the other without. I boil the water at home, put one very hot bottle in the side with the heat protection and a cold bottle in the other side. Then when Alex is due for a feed I check the temperate of the bottle, cool it down with some cold water if need be and add the formula. I have a dispenser with the formula in it (cheaper than buying sachets). Very easy (ok not as easy as breastfeeding!) |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 2:05pm
Why is that weird? That's what I did sorry I'm a bit confused, unless you were meaning that you didn't exclusively bf for 14 months like she didn't eat anything else, I'm a bit slow sorry ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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caitlynsmygirl wrote:Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 3:30pm
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ha! linda we did that with paris too - always took hot water and codl water and then just added the powder as we needed it so there was no waste - we even got it down to a fine art - we knew if we were making a 150 ml bottle - to fill it up to just over the 75 ml mark with hot, then add cold to make the rest, and all that for the other amounts too - was a bit weird i spose but it saved time, and always got it to the exact right temperature. microwaves aren't really great - although they are all most mother's rooms have - i always made sure i gave it a really good shake afterwards to mix it up - then left it for a fe minutes - cos food etc keeps cooking for a few minutes once it has been taken out of the microwave - and the microwave also tends to heat bottles unevenly - so you may think it's fine, but it could have really hot spots in it and burn baby. (sorry for the novel - i am a bit anti-microwave use for bottles) ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 4:02pm
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i am as well mum2paris we were told by the nurses at our docs not to use a mricowave as they heat unevenly and they had lots of bubs in with burnt months from to hot milk we use a jug of boiled water toheat james bottles only take a min from the fridge and if we are out i have a evet bottle wramer i put in wram bottles keeps them wram for 4 hours works well for me and james is fine ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 4:04pm
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meow i dont know about caitlyns mum but i bf for 14 months and didnt bother with a bottle at all. i figured if he hadnt had one by now there wasnt any point. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:42pm
yes that is what i meant lol that i didnt exclusively bf for 14months...like she didnt eat anything else lol..that i bf, bottle fed and fed her food -im starting to confuse myself now ! i dont think bf then giving a bottle is weird |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:56pm
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 7:53am
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i do - if you only ever b/f for 14 months then gave a bottle...i dont see the point, they would be drinking out of a cup by then. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:39pm
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Good on you gsmum, you do what you want but don't criticise others for doing differently.
At 13.5 months my daughter was still a baby and she took to the bottle right away, wasn't going to introduce it but felt mean after a few days of trying a cup and she wouldn't drink anything. Gave her a bottle and she drank it all. We didn't introduce a bottle earlier as she wouldn't drink my milk out of one, but this was cows milk. Also, dad got to have the nice bonding time with her that he hadn't experience before, with a cup it wouldn't have been the same. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 3:10pm
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jack is 1 and half and has just got the hang of drinking out of a cup...he still has a bottle before nap and bedtime. ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 9:01pm
but thats what im saying -that i DIDNT only bf and then gave a bottle when she was 14months,-that she was having both well before she was 14months....and yes she had a cup cos she was fine with a cup but a lot of babies have bottles well until there 2 sometimes over...nothing wrong with that,every childs different right? |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 9:38pm
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Kat, Hannah was the same. I breastfed for about the same amount as you but when I tried to give her milk out of a cup (formula or cow's milk) she would gag. I'm pretty sure she was so used to water out of a cup that the texture of milk wasn't quite right. (I think we've talked about this but anyway...) Gave her a bottle instead and she's more than happy to drink milk from that.
I'm just going to go with the flow and phase it out when I need to. Han is pretty easy going so will either adjust to a cup or will not get milk at all. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 9:42pm
caitlynsmygirl i knew thats what you meant
and meow - no criticism, i just sd i thought it was weird. have been giving my 8 mth old a cup, he loves it, am hoping to do the same as his brother and he will never have a bottle either. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 2:00am
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It's not like Ella never used a cup, she has been using it for ages.. but for water only. If you use a cup with a valve then the milk gets stuck in it.. and I wasn't going to use a cup without a lid for bedtime as she would "help" and spill it all down her front.
Yeah Nikky, it was the same with Ella.. and I'm going to take it away at two.. I thought 18 months but figured if something is going well, why risk loosing sleep over it.. we are starting to feed her in the lounge now as well as reading a book, so will gradually reduce the amount.. My question is though, when you take the milk away, what do you give them instead? do you just feed them more food before bedtime? As Ella eats about 5pm, goes to bed about 7.30-8,, And yes, I am up @ 2am Ella up a few times tonight, better go back to bed!!------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AnnaD
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 7:34am
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Quinn took a bottle easily UNTIL about five months and then just refused and would never drink from one again. He would not drink formula,or expressed milk and now will not drink milk except in very small quantities from a cup. It used to bug me that there was nothing I could do to coerce him into drinking milk and that there is nothing he will have before bed. But I have up-ed his yoghurt, cheese etc so he is getting enough dairy goodness and he is doing well. ------------- Anna and Quinn 10 July 2004 www.quinnariki.blogspot.com and one more on the way.... http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 8:03am
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hmmm - i cant remember when we started giving gabriel milo before bed, he has it in a cup in the lounge with us. i dont think we were big on bed time drinks. i never did the giving cows or toddler milk instead of breast thing either tho, he was getting lots of calcium from yoghurt, cheese etc.
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 8:56am
| Gosh, I wish Jake would drink from a cup. He has a toddler cup. But as for a "normal" cup. I can imagine the mess!! He loves the pump bottle though. and drinks from that...then shakes it up and down,. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 9:48am
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oh it is a cup with a lid.... he drinks out of a normal cup too but only recently and we only put a bit in and he has to sit at the table. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 10:03am
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With drinks before bed, what we do is have dinner around six (can be anywhere up to 8pm!) and Arna has a drink straight after dinner (milk, milo, water). We found if she had a drink with dinner then she would drink all her milo or whatever and not eat any dinner, where now she eats tea and gets her drink...
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 12:23pm
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Maya still has a cup (half a cup) of milk before bed, more because it's a habit/part of her routine than that she actually needs it. Then she has a cup of water by her bed overnight so she doesn't have an excuse to call out to me half a dozen times that she's thirsty. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 12:23pm
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Forgot to say that Maya is also still in night nappies where a lot of her friends are in knickers at night, and I think part of that is because she still has a drink before bed. BUt it's alsopartly coz I'm lazy... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 11:48pm
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im lazy too caitlyns still in night nappies....actually when ARE u supposed to start toilet training them at night ? and *ahem* can someone come and do it for me?
(kidding......sortof) GsMum sorry if i seemed like i was getting all defensive-i was just starting to confuse myself thats all caitlyn since she was 2 likes to drink out of a glass she pretends she has wine in it-and im not even much of a drinker |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 7:21am
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kelly i didnt think you were defensive at all - my son likes to pour drinks from one glass to another if we give him a cup and dont watch him. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 1:25pm
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Kat... some books (yeah, books... take it or leave it) say to give them "supper" before bed. Like a sandwich or something.
I'll probably phase out the night time drink when I start night toilet training. |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 2:33pm
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ok what do u do when all your bubs will drink is formual out of a bottle i,ve tried baby juice and water and he just spits them out help he,ll be one soon and then hes off formual arrgghhhhh ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 6:53pm
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i would just always have water in a cup available for him at meals etc. i remember when i started gabriel the water would get spat out cuase he wasnt sure what to do but he eventually got it. i always put the cup on his high chair for meals and he would play with it and stuff and then one day it just clicked. once he hits one you can give cows milk or toddler milk, which is kind of lke formula but cheaper... dont worry. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: robyn
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 7:03pm
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my sister has a one year old she is weaning off formula but Amy wouldnt drink milk sister was told by plunket just the other day to put a little flavour in the milk and that a little flavour is better than no milk at all. Or use the toddler milk and I think you can get a nice vanilla flavour or something. ------------- KOBE born 19 March 2004 http://www.TickerFactory.com/">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 March 2006 at 4:17pm
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I don't believe in baby juice when they are so young (Just started believing in it now that Hannah will point and screech every time she sees something vaguely coloured in a glass)
But persevere with the water, he'll get it eventually. I think it's really important that they learn to like water. |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 26 March 2006 at 4:25pm
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so do i i just wish he didnt get everythng wet wen spitting it out eerywere ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 1:15pm
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Thanks guys, lots of good information ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |