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Nov 24th, 2009, 09:43 AM
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#1 | | Mom to a Prince! Active BnB Member
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| Slow Eater
Does anyone else get frustrated because their LO takes FOREVER to finish a bottle? Anthony is very slow, it was taking him 20-30 minutes to finish a two ounce bottle, and now since going up to 4 oz it takes 30-40 minutes. I get the most frustrated at night and I feel bad for it but I just do not know what to do to make myself less frustrated.  | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 24th, 2009, 10:03 AM
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#2 | | Mum of Nats & Alex Chat Happy BnB Member
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| Could it be that Anthony is needing the med flow teat?
Alex used to take ages to have a btl, then the HV suggested moving up to med flow teats and hey presto we take them in mins lol
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Nov 24th, 2009, 13:40 PM
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#3 | | First Time Mummy! Active BnB Member
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| Same advice - to mine used to take ages on slow flow. She loves fast flow teet because when she wants food she wants food quickly! | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 24th, 2009, 14:07 PM
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#4 | | Mummy To Jenna :) xx Active BnB Member
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| I had this problem with jenna and i moved her up to a medium flow teat and had no more problems  xxx | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 24th, 2009, 15:07 PM
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#5 | | Ruby's mum BnB Addict
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| Yup, I agree with the other ladies. If necessary, ignore the age guidelines on the teats. Ruby has always liked a fast flow of milk and was on fast flow (for 6m+) at 4m. | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 24th, 2009, 15:10 PM
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#6 | | Mummy to Kaiden Chat Happy BnB Member
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| As above we moved our LO onto variflow teats when it was taking him an hour to take a bottle x | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 25th, 2009, 02:22 AM
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#7 | | Mom to a Prince! Active BnB Member
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| Ok, but if he sometimes chokes with this teat is it still ok to move up? | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 28th, 2009, 03:39 AM
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#8 | | Sleeps through the night! Chat Happy BnB Member
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| Carter has been on fast flow since 2 weeks he hates anything else he still chokes from time to time or lets the milk fill up his mouth and than just open it lol but i tried all the other nipples and none of them worked well for him | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 30th, 2009, 05:39 AM
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#9 | | Mom to a Prince! Active BnB Member
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| Ok, thank you! | | | | Status: Offline
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Dec 3rd, 2009, 23:39 PM
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#10 | | Mum Of Twins Active BnB Member
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| I'm also having this problem with my daughter - I bought a medium flow teat yesterday but although she finished her bottle in record time, she kept choking on the milk flow and the milk kept building up in her mouth so that by the end of the feeding session she was wearing most of it lol | | | | Status: Offline
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