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What do bottle fed babies do all day?

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lizzlebizzle33 · 07/01/2018 19:20

I have 2 sons both EBF, my youngest is 10 weeks and it seems like he still bf's all day long, has very short periods of being awake and happy before getting upset again and wanting boob to soothe him.
I'm just wondering what parents of bottle fed babies experiences are and what their young babies are like when they're not feeding or asleep, what do they do?
This might sound like an odd question but with both babies I have used breastfeeding as d way to soothe them when they are crying and not just when they are hungry so I wonder how you soothe a bottle fed baby other than feeding?

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TheQueenOfWands · 07/01/2018 19:21

Cuddle it.

AfterSchoolWorry · 07/01/2018 19:21

Bottle, nappy, sleep, play....etc etc

Soubriquet · 07/01/2018 19:22

Cuddle, dummy, swing...

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onlyonaTuesday · 07/01/2018 19:22

By holding and engaging with them.
Even when they don’t need feeding, not just when they do!

hazeyjane · 07/01/2018 19:24

Crack

chuckiecheese · 07/01/2018 19:24

?

Fairylea · 07/01/2018 19:25

Dummy, swaddle, rock and push them about in a pram!

Both mine were bottle fed.

cherryontopp · 07/01/2018 19:26

Instead of offering the boob to soothe him, give them a bottle Confused

Bottle fed babies go longer between feeds anyway

missyB1 · 07/01/2018 19:28

Cuddles, playtime, bouncy chair, swing, out in the pram, Mum and baby groups. I assume mums with breastfed babies do all those things too?

Steeley113 · 07/01/2018 19:29

The same as breastfed babies, except they have a bottle instead?

Galax · 07/01/2018 19:29

Ime they either cry more or they take a dummy? I stopped bf my oldest when he was about 7-8 months and I do remember thinking how will I eat/ go out for lunch etc without him crying! And it was hard because by that stage he rejected a dummy.

I fed my last one until she was 3yo and she basically never cried ever for more than10seconds and it was much easier!

chuckiecheese · 07/01/2018 19:30

Well said steeley Grin

mrsBeverleyGoldberg · 07/01/2018 19:37

Ds1 has high functioning autism so I would walk him for a couple of hours in the push chair or a drive in the car. When he was about a year old cuddling would soothe him.
Ds2 cuddles, and a warm Moses basket in the same room as us.
So different. Now I know about the autism how ds1 was as a baby makes sense. He screamed so much.

LizzieSiddal · 07/01/2018 19:41

Dd1 was bottle fed after a few weeks (for various reasons out if my control.)
Dd2 was EXBF for 16 months.
Both hated being put down so I just put them in a sling or cuddled them.

GrumpyOldBagFace · 07/01/2018 19:41

Learn Japanese and crocheted but I don't like to brag and have people think I'm smug.

Bellaposey · 07/01/2018 19:42

Exactly the same as BF babies Confused feeding on demand isn't just BF.

GetYourRocksOff · 07/01/2018 19:43

The same as any other baby!

BikeRunSki · 07/01/2018 19:44

They are completely unsettled and cry their hearts out whilst their selfish mothers ignore them so that they can eat hot curries and pâté.

FartnissEverbeans · 07/01/2018 19:47

Bottle feeding is on demand as well but it's not constant in the way I've heard bf is at times. I was under the impression that cluster feeding doesn't last long though?

As a newborn DS spent a lot of time sleeping and lying around being cute. He was either asleep, eating, or gazing around him. When he was bigger we played a lot. I doubt there's much difference by that age TBH

missyB1 · 07/01/2018 19:47

Bikerun you forgot about their mothers drinking gin all day too GrinGrin

WanderlustHenpeck · 07/01/2018 19:49

Well my BF baby is not particularly breastfed on demand. I feed him every 1.5 hours during the day and whenever he wakes at night. I cannot imagine that what my baby does between feeds is any different to what a bottle fed baby does. He looks at me, sometimes he has a grumble and a grizzle, he plays on his playmat, sits in the bouncy chair. If he cries, I comfort him but I don't just automatically whip a boob out to do so. You can breastfeed and not be a slave to it. With other children around, there needs to be a degree of flexibility. "Sorry DS2 you might be hungry but you'll have to wait as I'm making DS1's breakfast" or he might well be cranky but he fed ten minutes ago and we have to do the school run. He certainly doesn't feed all day.

ineedwine99 · 07/01/2018 19:50

She was cuddled, laid on her baby gym, in her day bad watching the mobile or sleeping.

Inthishouse · 07/01/2018 19:51

He's employed as a chimney sweep. I won't raise a scrounger!

Eggzandbacon · 07/01/2018 19:51

From 5 weeks DD played a lot on baby gym. She also slept a lot and liked a good cuddle and I found she liked watching a lot of box sets Wink

As BF baby which I had to give up due to medication she just BF.

HeadDreamer · 07/01/2018 19:53

But your youngest is only 10 weeks! I had 2 EBF babies though. Don’t worry really. Just watch box sets and enjoy.

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