Comments on: I hear screaming.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:02:49 +0000

First off, funny renaming of BB by Att: The wee purple manace, lol! Second, we really feel for you. We went through this in month two. Ad wasnt having it and would basically scream until said breastfeeding commenced. We tried everything and nothing worked until we bought Born Free bottles. We still to this day dont know what it is, because the nipples arent much different then any other bottle. The only big diff in these bottles is that they are leak proof. ???? Go figure. Whatever the reason, she liked them. And when you’re dealing with a purple menace, anything’s worth a shot huh? Love and patience to all xxxooo

By: Calliope

Calliope — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:27:59 +0000

am now in a panic as W has only been offered a bottle once…yikes.

By: Att

Att — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:17:05 +0000

God, I wish he was colic-y or something because then? I could help! Colic? I am teh expert. However, changing TO bottle is something I’m not good with, because both my nieces and my son were exclusively bottle fed. I, however, spent three weeks attached to my mom’s boob and then seamlessly transitioned to the bottle, so my mom can’t even help!

I’m sorry about the wee purple menace. Hopefully the other fine ladies up thar (and possibly down thar) will be able to help far more than this useless prattle.

Much love (in a completely platonic way)

By: oneofhismoms

oneofhismoms — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:49:30 +0000

Cakie had a moment of bottle rejection. What worked was running the nipple under hot water for a while before the feed, so the nipple was warm like a breast. Keep trying. And maybe not in the breastfeeding chair.

By: B

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:41:26 +0000

Not that I have a clue about any of this yet (remember, we’re still in just in training), but once we put the wrong nipple on a bottle while we were babysitting and the baby screamed bloody murder. Once we realized what we had done and switched the the faster one everything was better. So I recommend trying at least one size faster (do they come in various sizes?? oh god am I in trouble in 8 months….)

By: veeandjay

veeandjay — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:58:28 +0000

We have always so far opted for the slowest flowing teat (something someone said in a comment way back about it being good to be slow, like the flow of breastmilk. I don’t think I have a particularly fast let-down and he’s never seemed to choke or gag when breastfeeding). Perhaps worth trying the faster one though?

By: Strawberry

Strawberry — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:20:25 +0000

Just curious what kind of “flow” nipple you’re using. It should match the flow from your breast, and usually it’s a slower flow *usually*. If the milk is coming out too fast or too slow, he may be frustrated.

When babies suck the breast, they usually get the nipple in quite far, along with part of the breast, so try to get the bottle nipple in far enough so that his only choice is to suck.

By: Pufferfish

Pufferfish — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:56:04 +0000

I don’t have a clue or any assvice, but I just wanted to comment that I think it’s great your sharing the “Mammal Juice Drink” as the Japanese call it, with your dog. That rocks.

By: sarah soda

sarah soda — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:17:45 +0000

This exact thing happened to me. So frustrating! And I was so mad at myself for forgetting to use a bottle sometimes. What worked (eventually) was using an eye dropper to drop milk in her mouth. This calmed her down enough that she could take the bottle when I was at work. Also you can try putting a bunch of expressed milk on the tip of the bottle so he knows right away what its for. The other weird solution we found was to let the hair dryer run while giving the bottle. It was a noise she associated with being calm (BB might have another sound he likes better) so that helped.The whole issue/screaming was resolved in a few days. Now she seems delighted with either bottle or nursing. Good luck!