Training Baby To Drink From Bottle

Finally switch to a real rimmed sippy cup.

Training baby to drink from bottle.

Your baby s bottle feeding aversion. Moving your baby on to a bottle can be an emotional and frustrating time especially if your baby is reluctant at first. Put some breast milk on the nipple. You won t cry over every feeding and your baby will drink a bottle without a fight.

When your baby tastes it she may start sucking to get more. Comfort sucking from a bottle on sweetened drinks causes tooth decay in young children. Understand what a bottle feeding aversion is. Don t use honey.

I think you should deeply consider whether your travel is necessary to leave such a young baby. How to overcome a bottle feeding aversion. David precious cc by 2 0 via flickr. Though you might have trouble transitioning your baby from breastfeeding to bottle feeding it is indeed possible with the right techniques and a little patience.

Some babies never bottle feed moving happily from breastfeeding to using a cup as part of the family meal. Next use a cup that s midway between a bottle and a sippy. Keep reading to learn more details and additional methods to help get a baby to drink from a bottle or sippy cup. Start with a cup that s very similar to a bottle.

Baby has mainly breastmilk or infant formula. If your baby is having a hard time try these techniques. Teaching your child to drink from a cup takes some patience. Once your baby is 1 year old feeding from a bottle should be discouraged.

Drink from a cup eat family foods. If she sucks on a latex pacifier use a latex bottle nipple rather than a. Drink cool boiled water use a cup. But whether you re introducing the cup as an alternative to the breast or bottle or transitioning from a sippy to a cup there are some advantages to cup training earlier rather than later.

Training your baby to feed from a bottle at such a young age is training that there are more important things than her well being. If he s around six months old he may manage to drink from a cup. 6 12 months baby still has breastmilk or infant formula. Take the time to look up symptoms and figure out if your baby fits any of the traits.

These are the three steps to take. Put your baby to bed without a bottle. Your baby knows innately that the milk that comes from you is the best source. Use a bottle nipple similar to her pacifier.