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 :)

If you're that determined to try it despite all the posts against it, surely logic would tell you that the rusk needs to be ground as finely as possible?! Rather than getting stroppy about the advice that people are giving you, do some experimenting and try it yourself before actually giving it to a little baby. I'm quite amazed by how convinced you are by what the doctor has said about rusks but not about the drip...

Lol. A doctor told you to put rusk in the bottle of an 8 month old

Realistically, an 8 month old who is underweight can be FED, you know like actual food. In fact they can pretty much eat the same as us. Any doctor worth their salt would give yo advice, or point you to a HV or dietitian for advice, on feeding your child.

Rusks in bottles used to be commonplace in 1960s. It kept baby quiet for a long time and reduced need to feed them so often plus it was cheap.
The doctor is giving incorrect advice that is now outdated. Is he from overseas where perhaps the culture for adding cereal to milk still exists?
Certainly it's outside every guideline imaginable. Increases risk of all sorts of problems- some serious. Ask your health visitor for proper advice as they are real experts in infant nutrition or ask for a referral to dietitian if HVs advice is not working.
The mainstay of calories for a baby is milk.

A doctor told you to put rusk in the bottle of an 8 month old

The full story is even more believable, the baby was so malnurished he / she needed a drip.... But a doctor decided a rusk in a bottle was the next best alternative.... to a drip.

Okay honestly i get it, the baby isn't sleeping through and you've read about this old fashioned way of making it's feeds thicker to get the child to sleep. BUT THIS IS OUT DATED AND DANGEROUS, you could kill you baby for want for a few hours sleep. DON'T DO IT.

If she is under a specialist can't you ask
for some build up milk ? www.nutricia.co.uk/products/view/paediatric/infatrini
My dbs was prescribed this! Worked wonders

He was on it for 6 months and I got it on prescription. It's about £5 for one small bottle so I don't know how easy it is to get on prescription

Unfortunately not all health care professionals give good advice over infant feeding. I am reminded of the nurse a few years ago who fed her baby from a jug because that was culturally what people did back home. The baby inhaled milk and died.

If your baby is not gaining weight then I understand that you are anxious, but I don't think overdosing on calories is going to address an underlying weight issue when you do not know the cause of the issue, normally a baby of that age needs to be building mass using protein, not getting a taste for artificially sweetened foods filled with carbs.

If the baby is not gaining weight on a mainly milk diet then you need to know why not confuse the issue by inappropriate feeding that could do more harm than good.Talk to your health visitor.

If you do a quick search of OP's original username it paints a bigger picture.
She is 17, posted looking for advice on how to fall pregnant again quickly (she wanted to get pregnant when current baby was a few months old, is now pregnant with baby #2), was thrown out of her mother's house and posted for advice on how to access council housing. She has posted a few times asking for help to get baby to sleep through the night from a very young age.

In light of all of these, OP you need support. Contact your health visitor ASAP. You are going to be under a lot of stress with no home, an 8 month old, and another baby on the way. Trying to force your baby to sleep through the night with unsafe methods will not help.

OP please get a second opinion before giving your baby a rusk in a bottle

I highly doubt she has had a first opinion! according to other thread where she is complaining about her baby waking in the night to feed the health visitor has advised her to cut out night feeds. why would this be advised for an underweight baby and why would the op be cutting out any milk feeds if her baby were underweight?

@Ginger782 thanks for doing that search. The OP's story didn't make sense and now I know why.

OH I hadn't twigged this was the girl who was asking about Wotsits the other day as well

It sounds like you need some support op. Babies do wake at night - they sleep through when they are developmentally ready. Don't try dangerous things to try to hasten the process.

OP - I have a friend who is a paediatric dietician. My oldest was underweight and she advised increasing fats. For example, using double cream or cream cheese in pasta sauces rather than milk. This might work better than rusks.

Your HV is better qualified to advise you. No one in their right mind puts rusk in a bottle these days.

There are much better ways of giving extra calories, ask your HV.

Oh I just done the search on OP too, I hope you get some support

Oh now everyone is going to judge me now?

Not judging you just please be extra careful before giving your baby a rusk in her bottle it's really unsafe and I'm sure you don't want to risk her safety, if the doctor told you to do it maybe give them a ring and ask them to clarify how you should do it

Lushbubble,

I'm haven't advanced searched your other posts so I don't know if what the other posters have said is accurate, but either way I'm not judging you.

You really do sound like you need some reliable advice and support in real life though. Please go and see your health visitor and have a chat.

Sleep deprivation is torture, I get it. Believe me...I've posted on here asking for help with sleep when I was at the end of my tether.

If you are expecting another baby soon then I can understand why you're feeling the pressure to get the older baby sleeping better so that you will feel more able to cope with a newborn too. There's nothing unusual in that - I'm sure most people who have had 2 babies so close together probably felt the same!
But there are ways and means of helping babies to sleep...and adding rusks into bottles really isn't one of them. It is potentially so dangerous.

Please go and see your HV, speak to her honestly and ask for advice. She might advise you to up calories in the day, or might talk you through some sleep training methods. It's hard for us to advise when we don't know the full picture.

There are other ways to get extra calories into them. You should see a different gp. My lo was underweight and wouldn't feed and I saw a dietician and he was given a spoonable milk supplement which was high in calories, plus I had to add extra formula to his bottles and give extra water. A rusk in the bottle is a choking hazard and just not worth it

This makes zero sense. A drip? What for? They would never give a drip to a baby that was simply underweight. Just like they wouldn't tell you to put a rusk in the bottle. If this is true then you need to see another doctor. Honestly.

Was it a foreign doctor that advised this? I believe it's common practice in quite a few countries

If the doctor has told you to do this, why don't you ask the doctor for instructions?

I put it in the milk but not in the bottle. I made up the formula and crushed the rusk up in a bowl and then added the freshly made formula to the risk and stirred it to a paste and it was just like baby cereal. Make sure all the lumps are gone and spoon feed baby, I only used 1/4 of a rusk and then the rest of the bottle I fed once finished.

8 months old is old enough to be on solids so u have no worries