How do you give this to a breastfed baby without using a bottle?
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I have read that you can dissolve it and give it to them in a syringe like the ones that come with infant Tylenol. As my baby got older I would sprinkle some in his food.
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We actually fed our baby from a bottle with expressed milk after a week. I started pumping and we did not give him a bottle frequently...mostly in the evening when my husband would feed him before bed. He had no problems continuing to breastfeed until he was a year. The other option would be to mix it with a little water and feed it to your baby in a bottle before or during a breastfeeding session.
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mix it in with pumped breastmilk or some water and give in a bottle or a dropper like the kind you use for baby tylenol, etc
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I pumped but you could hand express and mix and either cup feed or syringe feed. It's such a small amount you could mix with water too. If baby is on solids you could mix with that too.
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It's actually kind of hard, that's why I don't like the packaging. I don't put it in the bottle because I can't see the volume or how many drops I've put in. If you turn the bottle upside down and wait a bit, a drop should come out. I personally just flip it over and touch it to my baby's bottle nipple to make the drop come out, but I'm not sure if that's advocated.
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The pump and the tubes that connect with the pump don't need to be sterilized. In terms of our sterilization/cleanliness practices, we never re-used the bottle or parts that came into contact with breast milk until they were thoroughly cleaned. We never permitted the parts to dry with breast milk on them. For each of our children, we set up a system where the infants bottles were washed by hand separately from our other dishes. We rinsed breastmilk from parts when they weren't going to go through our cleaning process right away (e.g., away from the house, daily accumulation). This is as simple as rinsing with tap water or putting them in our big soaking bowl. Our washing system was to soak the bottles in 7th Generation dish soap and scalding water for about 30 mins prior to hand washing. I don't know if you're asking this, but we were never counseled to sterilize breast milk. Refrigerate. Warm prior to serving. Which we did by placing the bottles in hot water until it warmed up. All of our children survived their parent's amateurism to make it out of infanthood. I would recommend this Medela; I think its probably the least expensive version, and it worked well for us.
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Yes! That's how we give our baby these drops - into a bottle of breast milk, or sometimes a drop on the nipple. Either way seems to work.
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There is nothing on the packaging or bottle itself mentioning that it is not safe to take while breastfeeding. If it helps you to decide at all. I have taken it while breastfeeding and I give it to my toddlers. Ages 2 and 4.
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You can mix in the bottle, just make sure to put the top over the nipple before mixing or it will go everywhere.
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Use a baby bottle cleaner. It has a small tip for the bite valve and a brush head for the bottle. Works great!
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Yes we used the night and day warmer. I am thinking any warmer would probably work. We took off the top of the bottle when being warmed. Of course we mixed it around and tested it before giving it to the baby. The manufacturer said you could actually put it in the microwave but we didn't do that. Loved the bottles we even dropped them several times on hard services and they never broke. The only complaint I have is they are heavy for the baby to hold.
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Pour water in and then add the formula. Push the button and it stirs/mixes it all for you; on top of warming it to the perfect temp...it's the quickest and easiest way to warm formula for my baby. I love it and highly recommend it!!!!! Best purchase I've made!!
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Yes. And it would be best to give as a first or only bottle nipple to a breastfed baby.
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Six bottles come with the pump, each holding about 5 oz. If you have a newborn, I recommend using them just for storage and not feeding. My son was overwhelmed by the amount of milk that came out so we had to transfer the milk to a low-flow bottle instead.
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If you don't warm up the milk enough, the fats will stay solid and thus not get transferred into the baby bottle. These fats are important for brain development, among other things, so I just make sure the bags are warmed up enough so the fats are in solution (even if they are still solid, as long as they can transfer out of the bag), then I transfer into a baby bottle, and heat up the baby bottle to the temperature little girl likes best
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You can put one bottle and it remains cool or hot thats it. You should try this. This is best. http://www.amazon.com/Medela-67068-Breastmilk-Cooler-Set/dp/B00H5OI9XO/ref=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1406306637&sr=1-1&keywords=medela+cooler
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Hi Megan, we are using this system and it works great! We ate first time parents too. The bottle is very light weight and i am sure the baby could hold it easily. The shape is different than a regular bottle.
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I had tried couple sippy cups.The size I would recommend is no larger than the regular size of the 8 Oz feeding bottle.(note: only the sippy cup without the handle).Hope this answer would help!!
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We use the syringes to feed newborns and we just suck up the formula from the prepared package after it is warm and use it without a needle.
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Hello. We do apologies, we were unable to go to the link provided. Can what Bottle be used for what Nipple? Thank you.