Questions about feeding infants and young toddlers formula or stored breast milk from a bottle.
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When should little one stop needing milk through night
Just curious on this one, but does anyone know when a 1yo should stop needing bottles through the night
Our first child was breastfed up to 16 months and when moved to bottles only needed 1 through ...
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How do we help our toddler to sleep through the night?
My 14-month old daughter is no longer breastfeeding, and sleeps happily in her bed, although it is still in our room. But she wakes up around three times at night, and as far as we can determine it's ...
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When drying baby bottles, do they have to be completely dry before using them for feeding?
After washing the bottles and associated parts in warm soapy water, we leave them on a drying rack to dry. Sometimes my wife will use the bottle even when there are a few drops of water remaining in ...
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When I should, and should not use manual pump for breast feeding?
Just curious:
- Can I start using it from the first day onwards?
- Can I continue using it for a very long time? Any side effects?
- Any advantages to mother and child when using breast milk stored in ...
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Is it safe to use a microwave sterilizer to sterilize BPA-free baby bottles?
There is lots of debate regarding microwaving plastics, even if they are BPA-free.
Curious if there is a definitive risk of using a microwave sterilizer (steriliser) (such as the Avent) vs. using an ...
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How do you know when a baby needs to be burped?
My daughter just turned two, and over the last two years, I've learned a lot. Most parenting skills were easy to learn, but I never figured out burping when she was in the infant stage. In retrospect, ...
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Silicone bottle nipple, usually has a whitish film after washing and drying? Why is this the case?
I've notice that after we wash & air dry our silicone nipples, frequently they will have a light whitish kind of film on the inside. This film survives boiling water sterilization too. I would ...
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How long should a feeding be attempted?
My son has had a couple of consecutive, partial feedings (he is preemie: 5 months old, 1 month adjusted). At the hospital, one partial feeding wasn't a cause for alarm and they simply attempt to feed ...
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Giving a baby a bottle while in a car seat of a moving vehicle…should this be avoided?
My wife and I took a roadtrip and thought that we were totally prepared. We brought bottles of pumped milk (stored in a cooler). We also brought a thermos of hot/warm water so that we can warm up the ...
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Bottle warmer with thermostat [closed]
Do you know a bottle warmer that has a thermostat and is truly temperature controlled - the temperature is not estimated by a timer.
Any ideas?
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How can I keep my infant from sleeping while bottle feeding?
We've been trying to get our infant on a schedule, but he tends to fall asleep before he's done eating, which makes it challenging, because he doesn't finish, and wakes up hungry too early. It also ...
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Is it required or advised to sterilize bottles?
So we've been sterilizing our bottles with a microwave steam bottle sterilizer. Is this at all required? What risks might exist if we don't bother?
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Can I give my baby a bottle of breastmilk straight from the fridge?
I'm exclusively breastfeeding my baby, and occasionally give him pumped bottles. I generally try to warm them up before giving them to him, at least to room temperature. (I was once told as a tip to ...
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Why would my 9 week old refuse to nurse from breast?
My 9 week old has recently started to refuse to nurse from the breast. She will only eat from the bottle (pumped breastmilk).
She has successfully breastfed since birth, she also uses the bottle ...
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How can I encourage my 2 year old to drink milk from a sippy/drinking cup?
I have tried so many things. My 2 year old will drink water from a tea cup, drinking up, bottle with a spout or straw, but if I try to get him to drink milk from anything but his beloved born free ...
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What factors to consider when buying a travel bottle warmer?
What factors should I consider when looking into Travel bottle warmers. I currently travel with a regular sized one I use at home, but it gets too annoying having to carry it around.
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Where can I find good research on long term health impact of different types/brands of infant formula (in the US)?
My wife can no longer nurse our infant due to her health issues. Is there an online resource I can use to research different types/brands of infant formula? I'm looking for independent, and preferable ...
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What is the optimal way to store and use pumped breast milk?
What's an optimal strategy for storing pumped breast milk for using feeding "emergencies" (mom needs to leave the house for a few hours)? Ideally it would be FIFO but it seems like a waste to dump ...
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Is nipple confusion a real thing?
Our baby daughter is breast-fed, but sometimes it would be convenient to supplement with a bottle of formula (mostly so that the mother can sleep a little longer while dad takes care of it).
We keep ...
