teat speed question
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Topic: teat speed question
Posted By: luvmylittlies
Subject: teat speed question
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 6:46pm
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We've got a Tomee Tipee closer to nature bottle and teat for the newborn which we were lead to believe was "slow". I assumed this would mean that it wouldn't drip and Kiara would have to suck on it to get fluid out. But after our first try with expressed breast milk yesterday we found that actually it drips without any sucking. Is this right or should it be harder for someone her age?
My concern is that she can be a little uncomfortably refluxy sometimes and she screamed her head off after the bottle feed because she'd drunk so quickly. Should we just give her more breaks, eg stop every 3 minutes or something to slow her down? ------------- Adoring Mum to Talisin 8/9/11 and Kiara 18/01/10 |
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Posted By: mumoftwins
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 6:50pm
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All my closer to nature teats dripped (from memory, it has been a wee while).
Can't help with the reflux side of things though sorry. |
Posted By: mummymonster
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 8:05pm
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We used avent, but when he was little we would keep the lid on tight. It's generally recommended that you loosen the lid just a bit, but we wanted DS to work for it. Even then, I think the #1 teat dripped a little. The #4 he's on now (7mths) drips a lot! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Delli
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 8:59pm
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Yeah, our #1 teat dripped a bit and seemed like it was too fast for Jude when he was a few weeks old and we tried him on some expressed breast milk. What helped was instead of cradling him and having him lying down, we sat him upright and he handled the flow a lot better. Once he had gotten used to the bottle, was a little older and wanted it to come faster - then we lay him down a bit more so gravity helped with the flow. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: luvmylittlies
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 9:45pm
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We tried again tonight, keeping her really upright, hardly tilting the bottle (so she had to suck rather than just letting it drip into her) and giving her breaks but she still ended up screaming for about 2 hours afterward which she never does after the breast. I didn't expect this because my let down is pretty spectacular so I thought she'd be used to having to control the flow. We might leave it again for a few weeks and try again when she's a little older. But any suggestions are welcome. ------------- Adoring Mum to Talisin 8/9/11 and Kiara 18/01/10 |