Bottle or Not?

Ramay - Dont know if this will help but there is a bottle which comes with a spoon at one end. So when you tilt the bottle the milk comes onto the spoon and LO can drink from the spoon. My cousin used that to supplement and the baby is still BFing with no niplle confusion issues. Maybe that would help you.

V.

 

Yes, it looks like that. I'll ask her about the brand and get back to you tomorrow.

V.

 

Yessssssss, DH saw something like that in Naidu hall last week, he was telling me

 

Yes, this was a similar one I had but mine was a long bottle got it as a gift. Still stays unused. Wish I could just pass it on.

 

Hey, this looks really good..i never knew this or else I would have practiced this instead of bottles...

when can I introduce sippy cups? What kind of sippy cups should I ask for ?

Vidyaa

 

Vidyaa,

You can start now. I used bottle till 3 months, bowl and spoon till 6 months after bottle, after 6 months sippy, slowing moving to cup directly. You can get the sippy and see how LO gets adjusted else bowl and spoon is the best.

The major disadvantage of using the bottle for longer is the upper lip develops a pout and needs to be massaged after ever feeding so that it settles down. Longer bottle feeding can even thicken the lips. Plus the jaw muscles used for bottle and BF are different so after sometime you will notice that the baby is just latching and biting on tightly on the breasts waiting for the milk to flow like in bottle.

Hard spout sippy cup with BF is an ideal combi.

 

Ramya - the brand are Sarlin and Pigeon. My cousin bought hers in Best babies, Anna nagar. She says sarlin is better as the spoon is soft unlike Pigeon where the spoon is hard plastic.

V.