My 10 - month - old has been getting most of his milk from
a bottle at daycare every weekday since he was 4 months old, but STILL pushes the bottle out of his mouth and turns toward my chest when I try to give him a bottle.
Just so I'm clear: — you're done with pumping (totally understandable) but not breastfeeding; — you're fine switching your seven - month old to formula when the frozen stash runs out (totally practical); — and, she's fine taking
a bottle at daycare or from a caretaker who is not you.
Since he had been getting my breastmilk from
a bottle at daycare he had no problems nursing and drinking from a bottle.
Nursed until I was 5 months pregnant when my milk ran dry (he was over 2yo) and he REFUSED
the bottle at daycare until he was 5 months old.
Not exact matches
And for a
daycare situation, keeping the milk
at a safe temp and keeping the
bottles clean and baby bacteria - free is a huge concern.
He does great with solids but
at this age clearly needs some kind of milk too and thus was just cranky and hungry
at daycare until his hunger finally beat out his stubbornness over the
bottle.
It took months of me trying unsuccessfully
at home and a month of struggling and unhappiness
at daycare before his teachers finally got him to start regularly taking a full
bottle of formula.
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I ebf her since day one there was
at least 2 times she took a
bottle in the past but now that it's time for me to return to work and school and for her to go to
daycare it's impossible I have tried every kind of
bottle that I'm growing desperate my next plan of purchase is the latex nipples or dr.browns Any advise you moms out there can give me would be helpful
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bottles are great for everyday use
at home or while traveling in the car, to restaurants, or to
daycare.
For any babies heading to
daycare at 6 weeks old, that 3 week gap will plenty of time for baby to adjust to the
bottle.
Although this is an easy trap to fall into - especially for moms who want to nurse when she's with baby but offer a
bottle of formula
at daycare.
When baby is
at daycare he has 3
bottles (around 9, 12, 3).
The upside of this is, my son sleeps
at daycare with no
bottle (not even a paci), so I know he can do it.
They don't sleep much
at night, they can't hold their heads up very well, they've only had one round of vaccines, and they are still nursing /
bottle - feeding every couple of hours... but hey, go ahead and throw those poor kids into
daycare and hope they don't get sick.
She gets
bottles of expressed breast milk (EBM)
at daycare until that runs out, then switch to formula.
Leaving my puny
bottles of breast milk with my son as I dropped him off
at daycare just added more layers to the guilt tower that I was building around me.
Before going back to work and leaving your baby
at the sitter's or
at daycare for the first time, you may want to introduce them to the
bottle first, just so that transferring to the
bottle will not be an additional shock to their sense of security.
Pura stainless steel sippy cup
bottles are a great way to provide a safe sippy cup for your toddler to drink from
at home, in the car,
at daycare, or while dining out.
She is fine with a
bottle; she gets it
at daycare with my frozen breastmilk.
He was in
daycare at the time, so I just kept bringing his milk in in
bottles, as I always had, they were just made up partly of cow's milk.
JADE: We did use a different kind of
bottle than everyone else and we were lucky enough that when we took our baby to
daycare there was only one other baby who was taking breast milk
at that time and they used a totally different
bottle and a different color and a different brand of milk storage bag as well.
I was taking the milk out of the bag
at home and putting it in the
bottle and then sending the
bottles to
daycare.
Breastfed babies often prefer to nurse rather than to receive
bottles, so many babies will hold off on
bottle feeding
at daycare, and increase their frequency of nursing in the evening and overnight.
So, it's pretty much even out like that but I feed her before I drop off
at daycare and then she will eat two
bottles and then as soon as I pick her up, I breastfeed her and that works out great because I'm only pumping twice and she's only getting two
bottles a day.
I'm a bit anxious about him going to
daycare without being able to
bottle feed, but I will be able to feed him
at lunch so he will only go around four hours without feeding.
Give yourself ample time to establish a copious milk supply, have a high - quality breast pump, begin storing your milk and aim for
at least a week's worth of frozen milk prior to your first day back, find a
daycare situation you are completely comfortable with, and gently introduce a
bottle to your little one.
When mother returns to work, Dad can help prepare the supplies Mom needs to pump
at work, help with breastmilk storage and preparing baby's
bottles for the
daycare or sitter.
This means that it's possible for someone else to
bottle feed your child using your breast milk, even when you're not there -
at daycare, for example.
As for the bags, they expected me to pump into
bottles and then pour directly from those
bottles into the ones used
at daycare.
The
daycare my daughter was
at had two workers verify each
bottle, both formula and breastmilk, plus each baby before feeding.