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DS2 makes a right mess while drinking his milk

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1petshortofazoo · 02/04/2010 11:09

Ds2 is 15 weeks old, I only BF for 3 weeks and I have since been using the closer to nature bottles. well the thing is he dribbles milk everywhere, bibs dont really work and end up changing vets/tops every feed. I also have to make up about 2 more oz than he drinks to account for the waste but i am now having to make up 9oz and then another 2 after that as he is still hungry.
I have tried all the differnt teats for the bottles but they havent make a difference.

Has anybody had any experiance of this and has found a bottle that helps?

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luciemule · 03/04/2010 10:27

I'm wondering whether a Haberman Feeder would help? They are more expensive but you could look on ebay. Basically, they are most like feeding from a nipple and have a long tube up to the teat, which is longer than a normal bottle teat. This allows the teat to be drawn back into the mouth more like a nipple would be (thinking that might solve dribbling issue) and allows the baby to take only what he wants. It's a much more natural-like feeder.
You could google about it and see what you think.

OTTMummA · 03/04/2010 10:56

try a teat with smaller/fewer holes, if you let him have a teat thats too easy for him you could end up over feeding him, and you won't know how much milk he's actually getting because of the loss of milk he dribbles.
when you get a smaller size teat and he grows out of it he will let you know and be drinking his milk in record time and be a bit grizzly during feeding as he's not getting enough, so i would buy a mix of teats with different size holes so you have them on hand when you need them.

1petshortofazoo · 03/04/2010 13:11

thank you for your replies, that bottle looks good but a bit too expensive for me.
i bought 2 of the other tommee tippee bottles this morning which i will try out, they were £4 for 2 which was good and the teats are a lot smaller so it will all go in his mouth rather than his lips resting on the teat if that makes sense. I will be trying it out on the next feed so fingers crossed

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