Rusk in bottle

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How do I add the rusk in the bottle ? Do I add the rusk in with the powder then add a little water and melt them then add more water ? Or do I just full the water all the way to the top then shake ? What's the ways some of you guys have done it :)

My daughter is under weight she is needing these calories listen ... this is even a very sensitive subject... she is underweight and its concerning we got this advice from a specialist cause I refuse to have her on a drip ... I'm at my last resort here so I am trying ... now I have all these mums giving me there opinions when all I want is the answer to my question

Thanks @Pallisers
I'm curious because I've found the forums frequented by American new mum's often have comments about:

• Adding rusk to bottles
• Thickening formula to force baby to sleep longer
• Adding rice cereal to bottles

Perhaps there are a lot of older doctors who still like to do things "the old fashioned way!"

I would ask the doctor for clarification about what you're being advised to do, in writing. I'd ask them specifically to explain how you can guard against the possible choking hazard of adding solids (rusk) to your baby's usual milk. Then I'd also ask for a second opinion.

Did they suggest which foods are higher calorie, as just vegetables doesn't sound like it will help your baby's weight gain.

OP why do you refuse to have your baby on a drip if it's recommended by doctors?

Yes not just vegetables she's having blended pasta with some tomatoes sauce I make and sometimes toast crips puffs and rusks in her hand and some wafers and they advised rusk in bottle

OP, I actually did try this few years back, I dissolved the rusk in milk in a bowel and put it in a bottle to then find it was too thick to suck out , So then I didnt bother. Prob pop into local childrens centre and get HV opinion on it, u will prob find HV are much more up to date with guidelines and policies and they will be able to monitor your lil ones weight and there growth centile on her chart.

Booze is also full of calories. Why don't you try giving that to your baby???

Yes, I'm being ridiculous as that is also dangerous.

Ask yourself why we are being so passionate about our responses. A child is in potential danger, and we don't want that. I don't want to wake up tomorrow morning and read a new report about a baby girl in London choking to death overnight. We've got to do all we can to try to explain just how dangerous this is because it is so important!

I really hope you're a troll, but I fear you're not.

I wondered the same ginger
OP ask for a second opinion from a different doctor

If she's underweight then try some more fats? So butter on veg, olive oil in pasta, scrambled egg with butter, cheese. Veg is quite low calorie. Mash potato with butter and cheese
If you think when you diet you want volume, so you eat low calorie filling foods like lettuce, so effectively you want the opposite - calories that aren't bulky so you can get more in

There are lots of ways to add calories to food without having to resort to adding rusk to milk. Your pasta for example could have olive oil and a cheese sauce as well as the tomato. Toast could be given with nut butters or full fat cream cheese, or mashed avocado.

OP, the specialist is advising intravenous therapy to assist with your daughter's weight, why are not keen to do this?
You appear desperate enough to be wanting to bulk her up via an unconventional method though.
Take the safer route and follow the specialist's advice.

Perhaps as @tobeornottobe1 suggested you could see a HV for some dietary advice. Rusks, crisps and wafers are not healthy nor are they going to aid weight gain. I'm sure they are fine to have in addition to good food and milk but at that age your baby needs more. Seek a second opinion on the rusks and ask for some feeding advice.

Stick her in a highchair with a Greggs pasty if you need her to put weight on!!
Better than your method!!

You won't find an answer to your question here or online because as any have said, it is absolutely not advised (apart from your doctor seemingly). I too think you should get a second opinion or see your hv.

Okay so the comments about alcohols and death is so unnecessary and childish... I'm finished with this thread

Death is a real possibility. Do you not understand the risks we are trying to explain to you?

Oh dear...I dont think OP will ever look at a rusk in the same way again..

Nice try op 👍 I was told to put rusks and baby porridge in my dds bottles 9 years ago by my SIL. Bad idea then, bad idea now.

Whether or not you add rusk to her milk bottle, please read St John's Ambulance's advice on how to treat a baby who is choking.

www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/first-aid-for-parents/choking-advice-for-parents/choking-baby.aspx

But seriously OP, there were some good suggestions in the posts above about what you could be feeding your little one to help weight gain.

If your daughter is underweight, giving her 'pkenty of water and vegetables' isn't going to help is it?

How much milk doesn't drink OP, and what centile is she on fir weight and length?

You're not going to find advice from anyone who has done this because no one has actually done this for at least 40 years! Please don't. If your baby is malnourished enough to need a drip then agree to that; a rusk won't cut it.

I think this is the same poster who was complaining yesterday about the baby waking three times (yes, JUST three!) for milk at night....

So is clearly just hungry and just needs more milk

She needs more protein and fats not a sugary biscuit added to her milk. You won't find many people who have done it as it's not advised as it is dangerous and can choke them.