FTM bottle fail

[pugz]

my nanny friend had to remind me to switch to the next size up in bottle nipples. I was complaining that it still takes 45 min-1 hr for baby to take a bottle. Switched to the next size up and cut that time in half and baby doesn't fall asleep on the bottle anymore.

whoopsie....

[cjeanette]

Or you would be like me. I grabbed one of the bigger ones my accident when C was three weeks and about drowned him.

[bunch]

I did the same thing. I ended up jumping two sizes at once.

[pugz]

she's already had 24 oz today and it's not even her last feeding of the day! I think the nipple flow/sleepiness is a large reason her total # of oz a day has been so low.

[froggy76]

I still haven't changed nipples and DD is 11 mo. Maybe I will try that.

[CloudBee]

I can see overlooking this, too.

Hey, what about the different sizes of pacifiers? Do you really need to switch to larger sizes in those as well?

[pugz]

I don't know on paci's, Squirms uses a wubanub which has a soothie attached. I had bought some Nuk's but never opened them and I returned them the other day to BBB since I didn't think we'd need them.

[shell403b]

That happened to us. You are not alone.

PS, that pic in your sig is beyond cute. She's ADORABLE.

[Redpoppy]

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[Redpoppy]

Oct 28, 2012 19:58:59 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

I can see overlooking this, too.

Hey, what about the different sizes of pacifiers? Do you really need to switch to larger sizes in those as well?

It isn't a bigger size but a change in material. Some newborn type ones can tear easily when the baby has teeth. We used the blue soothie ones and then went to Avent ones because they had a style that was at rather than curving inward a bit around the mouth. DS had chubby cheeks and would get a rash with the curved ones.

[Deleted]

We never changed nipple sizes. He's 8 months and we're still using slow flow nipples with no issues. I EBF, so he only takes a bottle when my parents babysit, so 2x a month-ish. Not enough time to damage the nipples.

[hannamaren]

I think we changed at 5 mths. I was resistant because she kept spitting up. But my H insisted I keep at it and after 2 days it was much better. She finished a bottle in 5-8 minutes instead of 20minutes. Now she drinks with one hand.

[Deleted]

Oct 28, 2012 19:58:59 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

I can see overlooking this, too.

Hey, what about the different sizes of pacifiers? Do you really need to switch to larger sizes in those as well?

I think most are age labeled, but not for size. It's for the hardness of the rubber. Once babies have teeth, they need a harder pacifier so they don't bite through and choke.

[Deleted]

We did the same thing. Except Edmund got frustrated because not enough came out when we were squeezing. Once we realized this feedings went so much easier.

[grosnl19]

Well I didn't know there were different size nipples or pacifiers. :-| I just bought 2 MAM perfect pacifiers yesterday...wonder what size I purchased? Last weekend I bought a Dr. Brown's bottle...wonder what size that was?

[drloretta]

We had a delay in switching nipples too, totally FTP situation. You are not alone

DD never took paci's, I never knew there were different sizes/materials for different ages

[pugz]

yeah most bottles come with level 1 and then you can buy the next size up nipples in packs of 2.

I had ordered the level 2 nipples over a month ago but in my mind I guess I thought "oh she won't need those for a long time!"

she is kind of ambivalent towards the pacifier these days, sometimes she'll take it while we are out and about but at home she won't use it.