DS 4 months - can I use beaker for EBM?

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My DS 2 feeds when asleep, so when alert and hungry - he will not take the breast. I am thinking of giving it in a beaker - is it better than a bottle?

By 4 months an easiflow beaker should be appropriate, I personally prefer them to bottles. You still need to sterilise though.

What kind of beaker? I'm currently trying a doidy cup on my 7mo for water and she barely takes anything at all, its quite hard for her to cope swallowing such free-flowing liquid (though she won't bloody take it from anything else...) At his age a bottle might be easier?

i am breastfeeding and do not want a nipple confusion... is it better beaker or doidy cup?

foolonthehill, why do you prefer beaker

I've been posting on your other thread, a free flow beaker is appropriate at this age. Another option which mite help with the breastfeeding problems your having is a supplemental nursing system. Basically its two small tubes attached to a value and bottle, which can either be use directly attached to you're nipples or as a finger feeder. By you or some one else.

if the free flow beaker has 2 holes and the milk will be flowing fairly fast - will it create a nipple confusion? I am just so worried about this ( I give 2 bottles with expressed milk at the moment, but wanted for an alternative method of feeding because scare of nipple confusion)