teats?

[amylw1]

how old were your LO's when you changed from size 1 to either size 2 or variflow teats?

blake will be 3 weeks on friday BUT every bottle he seems to be sucking like mad to get milk and the teats go flat.


i cant remember from my other 2

 

[AmyBumble]

I havent got an answer but just wanted to bum this 4 u hun and im interested too my daughters doin the same thing and taking a lot longer to finish a botlle the past few days.

any advice??

 

[Charlotte-j]

my hv told me to change as soon as she was sucking like mad and gettin fustrated.
Jessica was on the fast flow by 6weeks

 

[amylw1]

thanks. i looked at them in morrisons and medium flow say 3months+, not suitable b4hand. they hadnt got any variflow 1s.

 

[tricky nicky]

alfie went up to number 2 pretty quickly, i would say a couple of weeks

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

Ignore the ages on the teats. Ruby has always needed a faster flow of milk than she was 'supposed' to have. I think it's why we didn't get on with BF.
You'll know if the teat is too fast, he'll cough and milk will start running down the side of his mouth.

 

[Kim T]

Tyler is 2 weeks and 3 days old and already using a combination of size 2 and 3. Midwife told us to go up to size 2 when he was 3 days old as he wasnt feeding enough with number 1 (he got tired out sucking so hard and would fall asleep). As Mum2b_claire said.. You'll know if the teat is too fast.. But no harm in trying it out and see how he does.

 

[dali]

i agree , the ages on the packets are a guide so dont worry about that hun , tyr a faster one and if it is too fast move back...
what i did want to add is that i have only ever had teats going flat when the air vent on them isnt working properly ( all my boots ones did this so moved on to avent , used TT before - both worked perfectly biut boots always went flat as the vents just didnt open while he was drinking right )

 

[bjl1981]

I'm wondering about changing teats too. I have Dr Browns bottles, and they say their size 2 teats are for 3 months +, but my LO is only 6 weeks, but he is taking between 30mins and an hour to finish his 5 oz's, I think he's just getting bored of sucking. What do people think?

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

Try the size 3 teats and see how he gets on. I don't think he's old enough to be bored of sucking, but it's probably tiring for him.

 

[bjl1981]

He's only on size 1 teats at the moment (having re-read my post its not clear what size!) so should I go to size 2?

 

[candeur]

I changed to Variflow at about 4months and still use them. For me using those it's one thing less to worry about.

 

[ClaireRJM]

Ah i'm exactly same - my baby 5weeks & on bottles using teats 1 & 2 but seems to be taking ages to suck a feed, falling asleep 1/2 way thru like she's gettin fed up of sucking n not getting enough! Health visitor said to get teat3

 

[dizzyjoo]

I agree about trying a new teat size and ignoring the guidelines on age ranges!
Toby was on size 2 TT teats (3m+) but 5 weeks old! then around 11 weeks we changed him to Dr Brown's bottles and he had to have size 3 (6m+)!!! He is now finding these too slow so we are hoping the Dr Brown's size 4 work ok, otherwise its back to TT or Avent bottles and bad wind for us! LOL
xxx

 

[NatalieW]

I would go for the vari flow teat first.. and then if still sucking like mad then try size 2 teats. We have never used the slow teat unless having water. We have always used the vari flow.

 

[caggimedicine]

We didn't consider Harry's age... we just changed from stage 1 to stage 2 when he had been sucking the bottle to death and was almost giving up. We tried him with the stage 2 and he was much happier. We're on stage 3 now.

 

[amylw1]

i went and got ariflow teats (wrong 1s for my tomee tippee bottles!!! LOL!) so i went and got wide neck bottles as cheaper than changing teats.

BUT blake cant get anything out of them. now totally stuck as to what to do - size 1/slow he sucks and flatens, varioflow he cant get aything and size 2 he dribbles the milk as he sucks (meaning too fast for him).

any ideas please?

 

[NatalieW]

stick with size two for a little longer... It takes time for them to adjust to a different teat. Took Isobel 3 days to adjust without spillage.