Questions tagged bottle

Hi There, By far your best guide is Kaea, she has very good internal systems that if you are both going well will mean she is happy. How Kaea is ...

Hi, It certainly sounds like you are having a lot of difficulties with your son, even though you have been trying lots of different things. Ref...

Hi, Well done on getting your baby diagnosed with reflux, and thank you for contacting our organisation. Zantac has been used for many years an...

Hi, This is all about jealousy and attention seeking, try to make some special time for her, just the two of you, take her our buy something she l...

Hi, Sometimes we try so many things that baby and mother both become confused. She is now associating sleep with you and if you want to change thi...

Hi, Babies do change suddenly without notice. It may have to do with the way you get him to sleep during the day and at night. If you are not sett...

Hi, I`m a midwife dealing with pregnancy, childbirth and newborns. It`s best to direct your feeding questions to Leanne, or see your Early Childho...

Hi There, You can offer baby drinks in a sipper cup from 6 months on, which does tend to help with oral issues as well as reduce the time that the...

Hi There, I guess the first thing to look at may be his milk intake. At just under two years, 360mls of milk would give him just over his entire ...

Hi there and thanks for your question to Glenda about your little baby boy. As you`ve noticed changes in your babies feeding habits and his behavi...

Hi Kally, Vomiting of any kind can be difficult to cope with, although not everyone will understand that. You don’t mention whether you have...

Hi, All babies require different amounts of sleep. Always be guided by tired signs and enjoy it while it lasts! Cheers, Maree

Hi Carlie, I`m a midwife dealing with pregnancy, childbirth and newborns. It`s best to direct your feeding questions to Leanne, or see your Early ...

Hi There, It is generally ideal to introduced water with solids, babies kidneys arent as adept as ours at filtering the bi-products of solids so a...

Hi There, I totally understand, my second was the same, took him until about 11 months to really get into water. It really is perseverance to be h...

Hi Kate, Yes bubs can go off their milk for a number of reasons, teething is one of them, also as they increase their intake of solids it can redu...

Hi, Thanks for your questions regarding your baby girl and your concerns about how to manage her wind. Many infants are labelled as "windy" or as ...

Hi Bianca, thanks for your question also about wind, it seems this must be the windy week! You may want to take a look at the first question and ...

Hi Amelia, Try incorporating a 10pm rollover feed as this will give you confidence later when he wakes that he has had a feed and you can go strai...

Hi Linda, Firstly you MUST stop feeding her to sleep initially with the bottle as she wakes on her light sleep (as we all do) and looks for this s...

Hi There, Most babies in the early months will need to be feed every 2-4 hours, it varies from one baby to another. Regardless of whether you are...

Hi There, Yes one or more biological parent with an allergy can increase the likelihood of a child experiencing certain allergies. It does depend...

Hi Rebecca, There are really only very general guidelines for the amount of formula, all babies are different and at the end of the day your baby ...

Hi, That is a good question and one I’m sure many parents wonder about. Thickened formulas can work really well for some babies especially t...

Hi, Thanks for your email about your granddaughter, while we can`t help you with the question of whether she is just lactose intolerant as well as...

Hi Christie, It sounds as if you are doing the right thing and just offering her a bottle occasionally. If she has taken a bottle before then she ...

Hi, If he has a balanced diet that includes yoghurt and cheese then the extra milk is not really needed. Some people will tell you that he still n...

Hi Kylie, Please talk to your Early Childhood Health Centre to discuss your daughter’s diet. She may have a viral illness or she may have in...

Hi Lara, Constipation is quite common when bubs get going on solids. There are a few things I would consider. Firstly, swap the juice for water ...

Hi Gabrielle, I am just wondering has baby made a significant jump up the charts weight wise or was it a slow movement? Is anyone in the family o...