Help! Anyone who's used a MAM bottle...........

[Jojay]

....which way round does the teat go in their mouth?

I assumed it went in horizontally, but there's a little valve on the side that makes me think maybe it should be vertical.

???

[thisisyesterday]

it goes horizontally

[MatNanPlus]

Horizontal

[Jojay]

So milk doesn't leak out of the valve then?

[thisisyesterday]

no, it's a valve!

[MatNanPlus]

JoJay are you meaning the dimple on the rim of the teat?

[Jojay]

Um, i think so

[MatNanPlus]

Shouldn't leak at all, if it does try loosening and tightening the screw ring.

[Jojay]

Thanks, I bought it today and haven't tried it yet.

It's my latest purchase in the battle to get Ds2 to take a bottle -wish me luck

[MatNanPlus]

You can use the teat in Avent / dr brown / generic wide neck bottles.

i have had good success with the MAM teat in the past.

[Jojay]

That's good to know - Thanks. We try today!

[BikeRunSki]

How did you get on ? I have a friend of older DC (4, mine is 9 months) who discovered that MAM were the only teats he would take. So far, very other baby I have come across who wouldn't take a bottle, has done so when given MAM teats.

[Jojay]

He's asleep at the moment and I'll try when he wakes up. I'll let you know.

I REALLY hope it works!!

[Jojay]

Well it went pretty well really.

He normally has a mid morning and mid afternoon breastfeed, but I managed to replace both of these with the bottle.

He had 3 oz this morning, in dribs and drabs, but downed 3 oz in one go this afternoon, followed by another ounce a bit later.

I was a bit worried that I'd inadvertently picked the hottest day of the year to starve by baby into submission re the bottle , as he's rubbish at drinking water too, so he had a sloppy lunch and tea and lots of fruit and he seems fine.

So all in all, anther victory for the MAM teats!

And thanks Matnan - I bought some more teats this afternoon knowing they would fit my Avent bottles, saying myself a few quid on buying the whole bottle

[MatNanPlus]

glad it went well Jojay

Are you planning to always bottle those 2 feeds?

[row78]

I'm trying to get my son to take a botle as well for one meal a day, he sometimes takes 3 ozs, is that a successful feed?

[Jojay]

MatNanPlus - yes, I'm hoping to cut back to just morning and night as I return to work next month.

It sounds horrible but I needed to make him skip two bfeeds to make him take the bottle. I've tried skipping one and he just holds out until the next bfeed, as he eats a fair amount of solids now, so I had to force the issue slightly.

row78 it depends how old he is and if he's on solids yet. My ds is 8 months and eats a fair amount, so I'm happy with him taking 3-4 oz at a time during the day as he has a full breast feed morning snd night, and still has a dream feed too (bfeed)

If your ds is younger than 6 months, ideally he'd take more than 3 oz in one feed.

Don't ask me how to get him to do that though

[MatNanPlus]

How old is your DS Row78

[row78]

He is pretty much spot on 6 months, has started solids but he isn't eating much really at the moment. I suppose I need to persevere more, he obviously knows how to drink from a bottle, he just doesn't want to. I've been offering one bottle a day for 3 weeks now, this could take a while!

[MatNanPlus]

it could indeed but do persevere

[row78]

Thanks, MatNanPlus! We're on the MAM teats as well, he seems to like them more the normal silicone ones.