BPA free baby bottles advice

Damzel_In_Distress

bestpud wrote: »

Plus, I don't know if it is a different product now but my cousin most of his teeth removed at the age of 5(ish) and the dentist said it was likely to be from drinking ribena out of a bottle.

Yes that pretty much all juice but baby juice to be honest-even fresh juice they say now

My mum took me to the doctor when i was little,she thought i was bleeding from down below...Turns out my wee had turned purple/red from drinking to much vimto and ribena :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

But the vitimin C thing in ribena has a health warning on the back and it can be quite dangerous for children under age3.

Maybeanotherday

It is true that you can give your child too much vitamin C,there little systems need alot less than ours.
I was lucky as all eden wanted was cooled hipp fennel tea lol

ailuro2

skellett wrote: »

Im looking to breastfeed to start with BUT my hubby eventually wants me to express so he can be involved.

expressing for no other reason than to let DH be involved is making it hard for yourself, it's really more hassle than it's worth when he can burp baby, change nappies, bath it, get it off to sleep, give it baby massages/skin time etc, and still be completely involved, but making more work for you is not the route to plan to go down, imho. Sterilisers, bottles, disruption of feeding (and demand) from breast, getting temperature right etc. mean you lose precious time with your little baby - they aren't small for long, make the most of every precious moment.

msb5262

I'm with ailuro2 on this one - there are so many ways for your OH and your daughter to be involved which DON'T interfere with your breastfeeding. Studies show that for milk production to be matched to the baby's requirements, the baby needs to be in contact with the nipple frequently. My three children were all fully breastfed (and exclusively breastfed to six months) and they formed excellent relationships with their father and with older siblings. I would be very wary of expressing if it's not really essential. The other factor is that you will need to rest and bond with your baby - and what is better than breastfeeding for that? Make sure you invite your daughter to come for a cuddle and maybe a song or a story from you each time you're feeding in her presence to start with, to ensure she doesn't feel pushed out by the new baby.
Best of luck with it all.

misspenny

i breast fed my ds till 6 1/2 months never got on with the breast pumps endded up with sore nipples from the pump and only a few drops of milk not worth feeding him, sometimes oh would cuddle up with us while feeding and stroke his head and spent lots of time bathing changing playing and reading to him. its also take about 5 seconds to get baby into postion latched on and going when you've had a bit of practice it tae an awful lot long to prep a bottle expressed milk or otherwise. i never thought the effot was worth when boobs where right there ready to go. i have never totted up what i spent on pumps and compatable bottles for all of them..... I DAREN'T

Maybeanotherday

I still wanted a little advice in regarding to expressing though as I go back to work when the little one is 6months and still wanted to keep up with breast milk as most people would

I was told by the midwife that I should try and introduce at least one bottle a day from aroun 8weeks as the baby is less likely to be fussy about moving from breast to bottle she says anything beyond that I will probably have problems getting the little one to take a teat.
Has anyone else found this?

listerofsmeg_2

I was told by the midwife that I should try and introduce at least one bottle a day from aroun 8weeks as the baby is less likely to be fussy about moving from breast to bottle she says anything beyond that I will probably have problems getting the little one to take a teat.
Has anyone else found this?

Actually I found the opposite true. But that was just my experience. Plenty of other people find their babies take bottles quite happily!

As I said earlier, I was expressing from very early on, to give my painful nipples a break. I found at around 12 weeks old, my baby started refusing the bottle. She liked boobs better.

However, if you're at work and baby is going to go hungry, probably he/she will take the bottle out of hunger. I'd introduce the bottle well before you go back to work though or it'll be a shock for the baby, and upsetting for you.

jakejenson

skellett wrote: »

I still wanted a little advice in regarding to expressing though as I go back to work when the little one is 6months and still wanted to keep up with breast milk as most people would

I was told by the midwife that I should try and introduce at least one bottle a day from aroun 8weeks as the baby is less likely to be fussy about moving from breast to bottle she says anything beyond that I will probably have problems getting the little one to take a teat.
Has anyone else found this?

With DS1 I tried to introduce the bottle at 5 months. However he was not happy and screamed everytime I tried to give him the bottle. Eventually after about 2 weeks of trying he was ok.

With DS2 again I stopped breastfeeding at about 5 months but he took to the bottle straight away?

Just goes to show all kids are different!

ailuro2

when he's 6 months old he'll be starting on solids anyway, so breast milk will soon be supplementary to his energy intake.

Best advice for gettign baby to feed from a bottle, hand him over, go for a nice long bath or out to the shops where you can't hear him getting upset. If you're in sniffing distance he will perhaps hold out for Mummy, but if he knows you're unavailable he may just decide to get on with it.

Good Luck - it's a long way yet before you need to be dealing with this, try finding sodium laureth sulphate free shampoo and soaps first, and of course find talc that is not dangerous for your precious little one.If you haven't sorted them out already. Maybe DH could take that project on board?

fsdss

well done for deciding to give it a go with breastfeeding - the only advice i can give you is to make sure you are clued up on what to expect in the early stages. that way you hopefully will be well informed about possible problems such as sore nipples, sleep deprivation, feeding on demand, engorgement, mastitis and then hopefully be more successful (i'm not trying to put you off - i just find that these short term problems make people decide to stop)

At 6 months - would it be better to use somthing like a doidy (Sp) cup for a drink of your milk? much better than a bottle.