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Questions tagged [bottle-feeding]

Questions about feeding infants and young toddlers formula or stored breast milk from a bottle. Also consider Breastfeeding for questions related to breast milk, or formula for questions related to formula, as additional tags.

Questions on bottle feeding may include those about storage, spoilage, temperature, types of containers, strategies for keeping an adequate supply, or any other question focusing specifically on providing nutrition to a child through a bottle.

This tag can be used in combination with or if the question is specific to one or the other contents of the bottle.

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Marking silicone nipples

Our daughter has severe reflux; so much that we give her cereal in her bottle at feedings to thicken it. The thickened formula needs a slightly larger nipple opening. Nothing new there I'm sure for many people here. Her twin brother still uses…
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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 milk off the end of the queue every day. Obviously…
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How to know whether it is the time to change the nipples?

How to know whether the bottle nipple is damaged or not? What are the indications and how frequently should it be replaced?
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Bottle fed Baby suddenly refuse bottle

My 4 months old daughter suddenly refuse bottle. She has always been bottle fed with expressed milk. Two weeks ago she was very easy going - if she is hungry she would open her mouth when the bottle approach then suck it. When she is not hungry…
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Stand or collar to hold bottle for warming in pot

Does something exists for bottle warming that is, essentially, just a collar that attached to the rim of a pot in order to hold a bottle upright while it is being warmed on the stove? The real need: something hands-free, small or dual-use, and stove…
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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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How can a find a bottle/nipple that our infant will accept

How can we make our newborn accept the bottle? I know this a related question but we can't afford to swapping and changing in Japan- they are expensive here. Our 5 month takes one mouthful of the bottle milk and won't drink any more whether its…
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