https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:55:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lux-vs-comotomo-bottles#post-2827562 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:41:02 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2827562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anbanan15: if you like the colors it’s worth a try. I wonder if Lux is easier to warm up than Comotomo. Personally, I saved all my Comotomo bottles and if there is a second I am just going to get replacement nipples. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lux-vs-comotomo-bottles#post-2827553 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 02:31:22 +0000 anbanan15 2827553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I know, but apparently they are not a knock off? The nipple on Lux is apparently different and a softer silicone? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lux-vs-comotomo-bottles#post-2827492 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:38:04 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2827492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! Lux looks like a total knock off. My favorite color is green so Comotomo is a winner on all counts in my book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lux-vs-comotomo-bottles#post-2827454 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 07:27:55 +0000 anbanan15 2827454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has anyone used Lux bottles? Is there a difference between them and comotomo? Visually they look the same. </p> <p>We always loved comotomo bottles, but the lux line offers more colors, so I was thinking of ordering if they are the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784580 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 15:37:33 +0000 josina 2784580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorthStar: Well darn for not having an easy answer, but glad he's not sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784258 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 07:21:59 +0000 ShootingStar 2784258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD was like this too. By 9 months she had no interest in bottles. She was eating a ton of solids and just wouldn’t take more than an ounce at a time from the bottle. </p> <p>You could try to introduce sippy cups and see if that works better. Don’t stress about it. We phased out bottles on the early side and it was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784205 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 19:09:49 +0000 gilmoregirl 2784205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son has never taken a bottle since his first month of life :shocked: so now that he's eating a lot of solids (and nursing a bit less, even when I am with him all day) I will offer him a cup of milk when I'm gone and rely on solids to get through. I had the same concern about relying on food too early but his pediatrician encouraged me to roll with it. </p> <p>The bright side if it doesn't fix itself is bottle weaning should be easy? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784139 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 07:02:57 +0000 NorthStar 2784139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: he’s been in Daycare since September, but was with a friend full time over the summer. So, he’s been taking bottles frequently since at least June. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784138 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 07:01:59 +0000 NorthStar 2784138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: @Ms. RV: @josina: his ears were fine. So, yeah, just have a stubborn kid! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784076 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:56:26 +0000 Mama Bird 2784076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How long has he been in day care? If he's been there a while but is only drinking badly now, it does sound like he's not feeling well or teething. If that's his first exposure to a bottle, that's another story... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784059 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:51:31 +0000 Ms. RV 2784059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorthStar: Just something to add on the possibility that he won't take a bottle because of an ear infection... DD has had about four and her only symptom is after her drum perforates and it starts draining. So if your LO's only symptom is not taking a bottle, I wouldn't be surprised! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784054 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:38:16 +0000 NorthStar 2784054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: this is our third snow "storm" so far this fall/winter (enter eye roll). I'm already over it LOL Thanks again </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784052 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:33:39 +0000 josina 2784052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorthStar: Snow, yikes! Well good luck. Ear infections are no fun but at least you'd have an answer if it is that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784042 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:20:09 +0000 NorthStar 2784042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: well, you've convinced me to at least have him checked out. We are supposed to get snow tonight and DH is gone, so it might depend if we can get out tomorrow! But, I'll try and update. Thanks!! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784039 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:17:31 +0000 josina 2784039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorthStar: yep, he always nursed fine so I had no clue. His sleep may have been worse, which I think you said you were having sleep issues or no? His sleep always sucked though, lol. He had a LOT of ear infections, and that was always how I knew, if he wouldn't take bottles at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784008 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:29:57 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2784008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is 9 months. My pumping supply has plummeted recently. I nurse in the morning and shortly after daycare pickup as well as once or usually twice in the evening. DD does not wake up overnight. </p> <p>She was getting two 4 oz bottles at daycare, but I had to drop her to two 3 oz bottles. She loves water and solids and always drains her milk. However, she is getting at least as much nutrition from her solids. I entirely believe that solids is as much or more important for her than just fun. (DS was the same way.)</p> <p>I'm just hoping to get her to 11 months before I move to milk. I have a small freezer stash, but am already starting to get into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784003 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:22:53 +0000 NorthStar 2784003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: really? I wonder if I should bring him in to check his ears. even if he is nursing ok? Were you nursing and DS did ok with nursing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2784002 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:19:52 +0000 josina 2784002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was that way whenever he had ear infections.. the ONLY symptom was that he wouldn't take bottles (usually following a cold). (and I actually just found out DD has a double ear infection and had no clue, we were only there for DS's pink eye!)</p> <p>We also had to switch bottles with him around that age, no idea why, but when he quit taking Dr Brown's bottles daycare tried a playtex they had and we ended up switching! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2783995 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:03:09 +0000 NorthStar 2783995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KT326: @T.H.O.U.: Thanks! It's good to know that it's normal. I think daycare is getting frustrated, but there isn't much we can do! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2783994 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:01:28 +0000 NorthStar 2783994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: Thanks for your insight! He had been using a faster nipple, but that hasn't seem to make much of a difference. Daycare even tried using a slower flow one today to see if that helped (because of his congestion), but no dice. He is getting up a few times a night, so he's definitely getting enough milk during the day. His sleep has been crap for about 2 months, so I'm sure that doesn't help matters. I'm not super worried about it. If it is something that happens normally, that is really good to know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2783993 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:57:28 +0000 gingerbebe 2783993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My children both started self-weaning at 9 months. Their milk consumption went down dramatically. At that age, they had milk 4 times a day - before breakfast, before lunch, afternoon, and before bed. In bottles, they took 6oz per feeding at that age. They usually did okay for the morning and evening feedings, but daytime bottles went down to like 4oz a piece. By 12 months, DS1 was barely taking 8-12oz of milk a day (but drinking water) and DS2 was like 12-16oz a day. Ped said if there's cheese and yogurt in their diet, 8oz of milk a day at age 1 is just fine. Before that point, she said shoot for 12-16oz of milk a day and water.</p> <p>Both my kids are healthy and happy. And FWIW, I don't subscribe to food before 1 is just for fun. Some kids like nursing and milk, some kids like food. If he likes solids, it totally makes sense that he would be less interested in milk, cuz he's just not as hungry. I know some BFing mothers who actually cut way down on solids for their babies because they felt milk was more important, and I just personally never understood that. </p> <p>Also one other thing is you may want to look at a faster nipple. Our kids moved to the fastest nipple around 10 months old? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2783991 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:53:59 +0000 KT326 2783991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't worry if he's nursing well at home. Mine went though a period of refusing all bottles at daycare but would make up for it at home. He started taking bottles again about a month later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2783990 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:49:08 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2783990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly I wouldn't stress too much about it in the short term. Just nurse on demand. Maybe let her offer water at daycare to make sure he stays hydrated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/almost-9-month-old-wont-take-bottle#post-2783987 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:40:59 +0000 NorthStar 2783987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our little guy will be 9 months in a week or so and for the past 3 weeks, it's been quite a struggle to get him to drink breastmilk out of a bottle at daycare. He has been on solids since 6 months and eats like a champ. No lie. This kid acts like a vacuum and does well with eating table foods. He has his bottom two teeth and periodically seems like he is teething (top two teeth), but we can't see anything yet, nor do they really seem to be bothering him too much. He has had a cold for a few weeks, so some days is more congested than others, but there doesn't really seem to be any correlation to him being stuffy and not taking a bottle.</p> <p>He has been averaging maybe 8 oz of milk during daycare, when he used to take 16oz. Today, she's only been able to get him to take 3oz. I have one sippy that we've tried (and she is trying to use too), but hasn't been a huge success.</p> <p>Any ideas of what to do? I know that food before one is only for fun, so that's why I'm somewhat concerned. I will say that he nurses perfectly when we are home, so I don't think that it's an ear infection. There is no pulling at his ears or issues with laying down. I guess that I'm pulling at straws regarding what to try next. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4mo-daycare-feeding-woes#post-2767919 Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:58:08 +0000 codeitall 2767919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>UPDATE! We checked for lipase (nope) and checked for tongue ties (also nope) and finally set up an appointment with the early intervention nurse therapist (they see my son for sensory and speech therapy).</p> <p>She said at this point DD not only dislikes fake nipples, but has a negative association with them after trying them for the past month (and we picked the bottle she gagged the least on and have stuck with it the past two weeks, but no progress, so I think she's spot on).. Since DD's doing well with a spoon, she recommended keeping that up with mixed milk in it. The concern she had was just preventing her from getting dehydrated at daycare.</p> <p>Also, and I feel stupid about this one, she recommended the munchkin 360 cups. No fake spout with negative associations, flow on demand, and she already loves biting everything! So I pulled out our toddler's old one and she liked it! Not sure how much she managed to drink vs dribbling out, but she kept trying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4mo-daycare-feeding-woes#post-2767192 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:57:19 +0000 maddyz 2767192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a really hard time with bottles and then one day just shy of 5 months ds2 took one and looked at us all like "what's the big deal" during the won't take a bottle stage he nursed so much at night. Made me kinda crazy, but I knew he was getting what he needed.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4mo-daycare-feeding-woes#post-2766658 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:43:15 +0000 hellobeeboston 2766658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@codeitall: oh i SO feel your pain. That was me and my LO. I'm pretty sure I posted about this a year and a half ago...</p> <p>You've gotten a lot of great advice already... but here was what worked for us.</p> <p>We tried almost every bottle under the sun, the ONLY one he would take (when he would drink at all) was the Lansinoh mOmma bottle... he would eventually reluctantly take a few ounces a day, our saint of a daycare teacher struggled with him daily for months, but she was persistent.... we also started very liquid oatmeal right away... so he would eat at least 4 oz of breastmilk off of a spoon milked with oatmeal. he loved it! this isn't the best thing to hear, but finally at around 8/9 months he started drinking from a bottle more regularly, ha! little stinker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4mo-daycare-feeding-woes#post-2766580 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:01:05 +0000 Adira 2766580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@codeitall: What kind of bottles have you tried? I've heard the Avent Natural ones are really good for breastfed babies. We used Avent on our breastfed babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4mo-daycare-feeding-woes#post-2766542 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 09:20:17 +0000 SweetiePie 2766542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is almost 3 and back when he was 4 months my ped told me I could start solids.<br /> So for at least 2.5 years they've said 4mos is fine.<br /> BUT it wasn't a substitute for a bottle. It was supplemental and more for practice. So I wouldn't be skipping milk for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4mo-daycare-feeding-woes#post-2766539 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 09:17:41 +0000 MrsSCB 2766539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Six months is not a hard rule -- it's more about the child displaying readiness. And if you read anything about "open gut" in infants being a reason to hold off on food, please disregard that. It's not supported by science. FWIW, we did wait until about six months, and in retrospect I wish we had started sooner. </p>