How old was ur lo when u moved on to medium flow teats?

mummy2lola · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:13 PM

My lo is on gaviscon and my hv advised to move to fast flow teats.we got them and the whole bottle was gone in five minutes and we were left with a screaming any with tummy ache so we have bought medium flow and I'm still a little worried the milk is coming out too fast.Lola is 6wks today and the tears say for 3+ months but she is a big baby if that makes a difference xx

Emma J · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:24 PM

I moved on when my LO was about 4 months because it was obvious the first ones were too slow. 6 weeks sounds very young, maybe you should check with with your HV maybe a misunderstanding?

iHeartbaby#1 · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:28 PM

8 months and still on slow

He won't have it any other way...tbh i think its going to be this way until my LO is off the bottle all together.

mummy2lola · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:29 PM

I double checked and she said because the gaviscon thickens the milk they need bigger teats.the last two bottles I made halfway through stopped working.Lola was sucking but nothing was coming out but I've been using gaviscon for 3 days and it's not happened before :shrugs: xx

tu123 · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:37 PM

6 weeks for us. Because she was on Gaviscon, taking ages to feed and falling asleep on the bottle then waking up with hunger. Much better on size 2s.

Sometimes you need to squige the teat with your fingers to get rid of build up and obviously make sure you give them a good wash after use.

bigbetty · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:42 PM

We use tommee tippee bottles and moved onto the medium flow (size 2, 3m+) teats at 7 weeks old because she started falling asleep after a couple of oz or spitting the teat out - it would take up to an hr to get a bottle down her. Once we changed she went back to finishing a bottle in about 10-15 mins xx

mummy2lola · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tu123

6 weeks for us. Because she was on Gaviscon, taking ages to feed and falling asleep on the bottle then waking up with hunger. Much better on size 2s.

Sometimes you need to squige the teat with your fingers to get rid of build up and obviously make sure you give them a good wash after use.

Thanks Hun,I'll give the squige a go on size 1 tonight and if it doesn't come out still then I'll stick with size 2 xx

mummy2lola · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbetty

We use tommee tippee bottles and moved onto the medium flow (size 2) teats at 7 weeks old because she started falling asleep after a couple of oz or spitting the teat out - it would take up to an hr to get a bottle down her. Once we changed she went back to finishing a bottle in about 10-15 mins xx

Wow maybe I should be changing to size 2 for good then coz Lola used to take 20 mins to feed but now she falls to sleep on the bottle and I really struggle to get her to wake for it and after an hour I just assume she's had enough xx

bigbetty · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:52 PM

If the milk isn't flowing fast enough they can get tired from sucking so hard, or get bored and refuse it - so maybe size 2's would help?

Whisper · Aug 27th, 2011, 13:56 PM

My LO is on gaviscon and it made no difference to the speed the formula came out the teat, i change to medium flow last week so at 3months, when he started only taking 2oz's each feed and getting very fussy.

I tried changing his teats at about the same age your LO is now and had the same probably a baby that took all the milk so quickly, he ended up so full of wind, covered in milk and screaming for ages. Now he takes milk nicely, doesn't spill any and drinks each 5oz bottle.

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mummy2lola Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: brighton Posts: 6,549	How old was ur lo when u moved on to medium flow teats? My lo is on gaviscon and my hv advised to move to fast flow teats.we got them and the whole bottle was gone in five minutes and we were left with a screaming any with tummy ache so we have bought medium flow and I'm still a little worried the milk is coming out too fast.Lola is 6wks today and the tears say for 3+ months but she is a big baby if that makes a difference xx

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Aug 27th, 2011, 13:24 PM	#2
Emma J Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: London Posts: 79	I moved on when my LO was about 4 months because it was obvious the first ones were too slow. 6 weeks sounds very young, maybe you should check with with your HV maybe a misunderstanding?

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iHeartbaby#1 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wisconsin, US Posts: 1,605	8 months and still on slow He won't have it any other way...tbh i think its going to be this way until my LO is off the bottle all together.

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mummy2lola Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: brighton Posts: 6,549	I double checked and she said because the gaviscon thickens the milk they need bigger teats.the last two bottles I made halfway through stopped working.Lola was sucking but nothing was coming out but I've been using gaviscon for 3 days and it's not happened before :shrugs: xx

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tu123 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: London Posts: 6,528	6 weeks for us. Because she was on Gaviscon, taking ages to feed and falling asleep on the bottle then waking up with hunger. Much better on size 2s. Sometimes you need to squige the teat with your fingers to get rid of build up and obviously make sure you give them a good wash after use.

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bigbetty Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Burton-On-Trent, UK Posts: 8,724	We use tommee tippee bottles and moved onto the medium flow (size 2, 3m+) teats at 7 weeks old because she started falling asleep after a couple of oz or spitting the teat out - it would take up to an hr to get a bottle down her. Once we changed she went back to finishing a bottle in about 10-15 mins xx
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bigbetty Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Burton-On-Trent, UK Posts: 8,724	If the milk isn't flowing fast enough they can get tired from sucking so hard, or get bored and refuse it - so maybe size 2's would help?
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Aug 27th, 2011, 13:56 PM	#10
Whisper Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: West Sussex Posts: 3,275	My LO is on gaviscon and it made no difference to the speed the formula came out the teat, i change to medium flow last week so at 3months, when he started only taking 2oz's each feed and getting very fussy. I tried changing his teats at about the same age your LO is now and had the same probably a baby that took all the milk so quickly, he ended up so full of wind, covered in milk and screaming for ages. Now he takes milk nicely, doesn't spill any and drinks each 5oz bottle.

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