Bottle Feeding Tips For Babies
There’s more to bottle feeding than you may realize. Get the inside scoop here.
1. Change your baby’s diaper before the feeding. This helps wake your baby for the feeding and allows for undisturbed sleep after the feeding.
2. Prepare your baby’s daily amount of formula ahead of time. You can:
Mix the desired amount of formula beforehand and put it the fridge. Then when you are ready to use the milk, place it in a bowl of warm water to take the chill off. Prepared powder formula may be kept in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours after mixed.
Pre-measure both the powder and water in separate containers (a sealed container for the powder and a baby bottle for the water). Make enough for the day/night. Then, when you are ready to feed your baby, mix the two together. This eliminates the need to warm the milk.
3. Use boiled water or bottled water when mixing your baby’s formula. When using boiled water, allow for the water to come back to room temperature before mixing with the formula.
4. Never warm formula in the microwave. This can cause the milk to be very hot in some areas. Always warm milk by placing the bottle in a bowl or cup of warm water. Be sure to test the milk on the inner aspect of your wrist to ensure temperature safety. Perfect formula temperature is when you are unable to feel hot or cold.
5. Discard any unused milk one hour after the feeding. Bacteria from your baby’s saliva begin to rapidly multiply when left at room temperature.
6. Make sure to burp your baby frequently during feedings.
If your baby does not spit up frequently, wait until your baby stops sucking from the bottle and then burp your baby. The gas bubbles make your baby think that he/she is full and will cause them to stop drinking the milk.
Once your baby lets out a good burp, he/she will probably resume eating.
If your baby tends to spit up frequently or has colic, try burping your baby more frequently, approximately after every half an ounce or so.
7. For a sleepy newborn or preemie:
Remove blankets and hat. Babies love to sleep when they are cozy and warm. If that doesn’t do the trick, undress your baby.
Rub your baby’s back along his/her spine.
Tickle your baby’s feet.
Wipe your baby’s face and chest with a cool, damp cloth.
Hold your baby on your lap with your non-dominate hand supporting your baby’s head, neck, and shoulder. Some babies tend to sleep when they are snuggled in mommy or daddy arms during feedings.
Remember, practice makes perfect.
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First, don't buy too much more formula. I know alot of babies that take well to powder formula but for some reason just wouldn't take the ready to feed stuff. My best friend's mom bought her 2 cases when she had her first, and she ended up donating it because her baby wouldn't take it.
I personally think that 6 bottles to start out with is leaning towards the "man, i'm always going to be washing these things" side because as you well know, newborns will eat every 2 or 3 hours, so 6 bottles will not last you a whole 24 hours.
You need to use a different bottle with every feeding as the bottles have to be sterilized, you can't just rinse and go. Once the baby is older, you certainly can just wash it out and re-use it. You can always use the 8 ounce bottles if you want, but you're increasing the air intake with such a big bottle, thereby increasing potential gas issues so I would stick with the 4 ounce ones until your baby begins eating bigger meals.
You begin offering another bottle when she seems like she's still hungry. You'll fall into this I'm sure,with this being your 4th baby, you've recognized signs of being still hungry.
Reverse osmosis water is fine. They recommend using this method of water filtering if your water is flouridated by the township/city you live in. You don't need to boil it. A word on flouride… while it's pretty essential that our children have flouride, it's not recommended by the american dental association when using formula, especially on newborns.
Make sure that the nipple you use on the bottles are of the appropriate flow. Obviously you want a 1 flow for newborns as something higher would flow too fast and cause your little one problems during feeding.
Don't try it yourself. He will likely not take a bottle from you at all. My son will not take a bottle from me at all and not from anyone else if he is in our house. He does fine if someone else does it at there own house though.
I have had the best luck with the playtex drop ins with a latex nipple, wide neck.
Try leaving him with your mom at her house and go out to dinner or something as a test run.
I hate to say it but some babies are never into taking a bottle, my mom couldn't get any of us to do it.
hi there. i have done the same things with both of my children… daughter age 26mos, and son 8 weeks. both are/were breastfed, and were both able to take a bottle without any problems… i have kinda' tossed nipple confusion aside… ive actually NEVER seen a baby with nipple confusion, and i worked in 2 different daycares. the only problems i have seen, is waiting too long to introduce a bottle to a baby, and then they will just flat out NOT take the bottle.
here is my best advice~
1> introduce the baby to a bottle at 2 weeks old, any later, and they seem to not accept the bottle nipple…
2>use a bottle that has a wide nipple like "avent" or "think baby" bottles.
3>make sure that someone ELSE feeds the baby the bottle… not the person who breastfeeds the baby
4>give the baby a bottle 3-5 times a week, so it becomes indifferent to where the food comes from, as long as there is food!
and dont forget to pump when your baby is drinking a bottle so your supply stays high!
good luck!
I would make up enough boiled water to fill enough bottles for one day and add the formula powder when need be. at night when we got to the hotel i would wash them with hot soapy water and dry them, and boil the kettle and do the same thing again for the next day.
if you really are worried about sterleizing (i only sterelize the bottles about once every 2 weeks these days, my son is 9 months) if the hotel you are staying at has cooking facilities you could boil a pan on the stove and sterelize them that way by boiling for about 5 minutes.
Things that helped us (sometimes!)
Make sure you have left the room several minutes before someone tries to give the bottle.
Giving the bottle in the same chair you usually nurse in
Dimming the lights and singing to her to help him stay calm while taking the bottle. Our DD actually liked looking at the blue Christmas lights we have up and would get distracted by them (and be less upset)
Holdin gthe bottle under the feeders arm, kind of in the armpit, so that the position of her head is the same as nursing
Give them a dirty shirt of yours to wear to smell like you
squeeze some milk into her mouth or on the nipple so she knows there is food in that bottle
warm the bottle with warm water or by leaving it out at room temp for a half hour.
Buying a more bulbous nipple to mimic breastfeeding better (sounds like you have probably already done this)
Trying to give the bottle right after a nap when he is still sleepy and will just start sucking – once she is started it might be easier
They say not to do it when baby is starving, but DD def. takes a bottle better when she is pretty hungry.
Don't nurse right after she refuses the bottle – do something else for 5-10 minutes so in her mind she doesn't think "screaming = I get to nurse!"
hope one of these ideas might help!
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Well if your baby won't take the room temperature bottle before you go, I would just Heat up water in a bottle so it is HOT and then put in an insulated bag it should be warm by the time you need it. Or you could put Hot/warm water in a thermos Like kids use for school in their lunch box. It should be a nice temperature when you need it for sure. Just add the formula as needed!!!
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Good Luck.
I tried switching my daughter over to room temp bottles but she wouldn't take it till she was 10 months or so.
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Hi there,
Personally im not really a fan of having a different machine for every little thing as a lot of mum's have these days where i live, and that includes a bottle warmer. Don't bother with one, i think they are a waste of money, and if you have a few different type bottles its hard to find one that will fit them all.
When i make a bottle i use 1/4 fresh boiling water with 3/4 of cold water that i have already boiled and allowed to cool.. it makes a nearly perfect temp bottle. I boil enough water, and allow it to cool to last the whole day.
A bottle sterilizer is the only machine i have only because we don't have a dish washer, if you have one they work just as well as a bottle sterilizer, or you could just scold out the bottles with boiling water. Sterilizing is not as important these days anyhow as household water quality is usually very good, and its only necessary up to 6 months.
If you are weaning from breast to bottle there are some great bottles available which have the natural shape of the breast and are suppose to help. It might also be useful to buy a 2 or 3 different type bottles, some babies prefer some over others. Be careful though when you do buy bottles, Dr. Browns are a nightmare to put together as they have so many parts, and others come with liners which can be another expense. I use Tommie Teepee and Nuby bottles which have the natural breast shape and have been fine. Its always good to have about 7 or 8.
When buying a formula, we just went with one of the cheaper brands, my midwife said there is not a lot of difference between formula's and the cheaper one's may not come in a fancy box but are just as good.
One more thing, try to encourage you baby as soon as possible to hold the bottle himself rather then you holding it, it makes it soo much easier to teach them how to use a sippie cup later on!
Best wishes and i hope i have helped!
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