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4 Tips to bottle-feed your child

by Saren Shah child brain development
Some newborns take to the bottle like a fish to water, whereas others require a bit more work (and encouragement) to get the sucking down pat.

Bottle-feeding a baby

Great news, most infants have little to no issue finding out how to feed from a child's bottle nipple, specifically if you use bottles from the start. Finally, something that appears to be natural!

Aside from being reasonably simple to learn, providing bottles early on has other advantages. For one thing, it's more convenient: your spouse or other caretakers would be able to feed the child, allowing you to take some much-needed sleep.

Tips to bottle-feed your child

These bottle-feeding ideas can assist you in getting started.

1. Get the bottle ready

If you are serving enfagrow a+ nutritional milk powder, strictly follow the prep recommendations on the container. Different formula milk may require varying liquid or powder concentrate-to-water ratios if you are not utilising a ready-made recipe. Incorporating too little or too much water might be hazardous to your child's health.
Warm the bottle by running it beneath hot or lukewarm water for a few minutes, placing it in a bowl or saucepan of hot water, or using a bottle warmer. If your kid prefers a cold drink, you may skip the warming step entirely. (Don't ever microwave a bottle since it might cause uneven hot spots, which could burn your child's mouth.)

It is not necessary to reheat freshly pumped mother's milk. However, if it's fresh from the refrigerator or has been freshly thawed from the refrigerator, you may reheat it like a bottle of formula milk.

Never, under any circumstances, mix child cereal with a pumped mother's milk or bottle of enfagrow powder milk formula. The child cereal will not help your child sleep through the night, and it can be difficult for newborns to swallow or perhaps even choke on. Furthermore, if your child drinks more than they should, they may gain weight.

2. Check the bottle

Before you begin feeding, offer formula-filled bottles a thorough shake and slightly twist mother's milk bottles, then check the temperature – a few drips on the inside of your hand may inform you if it's too hot. If the enfagrow A+ formula milk is lukewarm, you are okay to go.

3. Place yourself in a (pleasant) bottle-feeding posture

You will probably sit with your infant for at least twenty minutes, so sit back and breathe. Hold your child's head with the curve of your hand, pushing her up at a 45-degree angle with her neck and skull straight. Keep a cushion by your side to rest your hand on so it doesn't get tiring.

Feed the infant at an angle instead of straight down and up. Holding the bottle at an angle allows milk to flow more gradually, giving your child greater control over how much they take in and reducing choking and coughing. It also helps her avoid inhaling too much air, lowering her likelihood of experiencing unpleasant gas.

Pause midway through the bottle to change sides. It will offer your infant something new to gaze at while also providing some comfort to your tired arm!

4. Check your nipples

Pay close attention to how your child sounds and looks as they sip throughout the meal. If your infant produces gulping and spitting sounds while feedings and milk dribble out of the sides of their mouth, the bottle nipple flow is likely too rapid.

If they appear to work incredibly hard at sucking and are irritated, the flow might be too slow. If this is the case, either unscrew the cap slightly (a tight cap might generate a vacuum) or try a different nipple.

Conclusion

If you are bottle-feeding formula, you'll save time by not having to pump or worry about not having sufficient milk when you are away. Any babysitter can prepare a bottle of formula milk for your picky eater whenever they require it.


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