Switch to Faster Flow Nipples at 3 Months |
| Published: March 28, 2008, 8:27 pm |
| Tags: 3 month old, baby growth spurt, level 2 nipples, dr brown s standard bottles, faster flow nipples |
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If you have a baby who is approaching 3 months old, is bottle fed and seems to take forever to eat, you might want to switch to level 2 nipples.The more my son drank, the longer it took to feed him. I have a 3 year old and work, so my day is busy. I strictly pump and bottle feed him the breast milk using Dr. Brown's standard bottles. At around 2 1/2 months I switched him to the faster flow level 2 nipples. It took him a day or so to get used to the faster flow, but what a great move it was to switch to a faster flow nipple. He finishes eating much faster now. Before switching to the level 2 nipples, he would also cry and fuss after taking a few sips of milk and it would take a bit to calm him down enough to eat. With the faster flow nipple, he doesn't do that anymore. He is calm after taking a few sips of milk.Babies go through a growth spurt at 3 months, so if your baby eats slow or cries soon after starting to eat, switching to a faster flow nipple before or around 3 months might be [ Full article ] |
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