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Below are a few more tips that will help you with feeding your newborn. In this article:. What is cluster feeding? Bottle-feeding breastmilk If you are breastfeeding, there will likely be times when you need to give your baby a bottle, whether it be to return to work or simply to have some alone time.
Formula-feeding a newborn As with breastfeeding, the formula-feeding guide for babies from birth to 4 months old varies as they get older. During the first month, formula-fed babies typically consume 2 to 4 ounces every 2 to 4 hours through the day and night.
There is a range of expertly designed feeding solution s that can help you give expressed milk to your baby, depending on your and her needs. This means they can feed from a bottle using the same technique, tongue motion and jaw movement they would at the breast. Medela also makes conventional bottle teats in two flow versions. And all our teats can be attached directly to the bottles you express milk into, minimising the risk of spillages.
This allows your baby to sip or lap your expressed milk — be careful to avoid spills! For babies who need expressed milk supplements in addition to regular breastfeeding, a supplemental nursing system SNS can be helpful. This allows your baby to stay at your breast longer, which further stimulates your breasts to help maintain your milk supply, and also helps improve her breastfeeding skills.
It can be useful for mums with low milk supply or with adopted or surrogate babies. Start trying with a small amount of expressed milk, in a relaxed and unhurried way, a couple of weeks beforehand.
Gradually build up to giving a full feed of expressed breast milk from a bottle. Ideally your breastfed baby should be alert, but not too hungry, the first time she has a bottle of expressed milk, so that she is as relaxed as possible.
Try dipping the bottle teat into some expressed milk before offering it, so it tastes and smells of your breast milk. Feed your baby on demand and cuddle her in a semi-upright position.
Go at her pace, with as many pauses as she needs — you can even try switching sides during the feed. If she pushes the bottle away or becomes upset, comfort her and wait a few minutes before trying again. Try again with the bottle at a different time of day. Every baby is different. If your baby has trouble with suction, your doctor will help you find the right bottle.
Brown's specialty feeding system is very similar to its anti-colic bottles, but with one additional piece that creates a one-way-flow of liquid. Of all the specialty feeding options, this most resembles a traditional bottle. That can make it easier for babies to transition from these to a standard bottle later. If you're pumping breast milk and feeding with bottles, you can make life simpler by pumping directly into the bottles you'll be using or pumping into pouches that click into coordinating baby bottles.
Tommee Tippee, Medela, and other brands sell these sets. Don't want to lose a single drop of precious breast milk? This system may be for you. Kiinde takes the work out of transferring milk with its Kiinde Twist Pouches, which twist-lock onto pumps from all major brands.
When you're ready to feed your baby, just snap the pouch into the Kiinde bottle and your baby is good to go. The only downside is that you'll need to have all of the parts of the Kiinde system.
Latex nipples are often referred to as the "old school" nipple. They're softer and more flexible, but they don't last as long as silicone and some babies are allergic to them.
Parents sometimes turn to this latex nipple when their breastfed baby refuses to take a bottle — many say the NUK nipple makes a big difference. These fit on standard bottles from NUK and other brands. Silicone nipples are firmer and hold their shape longer.
They're more heat resistant and easier to sanitize than latex, but are often more expensive. If you have a Medela breast pump and the accompanying breast-milk bottles, you can use these nipples, too, and never worry about transferring your breast milk to a different container. These nipples are compatible with wide-base collars and come in slow-flow and medium-flow varieties. They work with a few other kinds of bottles, too. American manufacturers stopped using the chemical bisphenol A BPA in baby bottles in , and the U.
But plastic bottles still contain other chemicals that can leach into your baby's formula or milk. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents take precautions to reduce their family's exposure to chemicals in plastics:. Marcella Gates is executive editor at BabyCenter, the world's number one digital parenting resource, and is an expert on pregnancy and parenting.
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We may earn a commission from shopping links. Photo credit: Nathan Haniger for BabyCenter. How many bottles do I need? Photo credit: Thinkstock. Here are some things to consider when deciding how many bottles to purchase. Cleaning and sanitizing: If you're able to clean bottles immediately after feedings, you won't need as many.
Preparing ahead: If you'll be preparing bottles ahead of time and storing them in the fridge, you'll need to have a few extras. Daily routines: Will your baby be at a daycare or babysitter's house? Photo credit: Amazon. You are prompted for the name and folder location to save the file. Our biggest fundraiser of the year is live.
Plea se make a gift here! Introducing a Bottle to a Breastfed Baby. Here is one approach to beginning pumping and introducing bottles that has worked well for many mothers as they prepared to return to work: Once breastfeeding is well established — usually after about four weeks — begin pumping after one feeding a day where your breasts still feel a little full.
Freeze that first pumping immediately. You can add other pumpings to it after they have been cooled in the freezer. If dealing with a total volume over a hour period, divide that by the typical number of times your baby feeds for a target volume for the first bottle.
If dealing with a range, store volumes of the lower amount. Store some extra small volumes in case baby is hungrier than expected.
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