When to move to size 2 teats?

[cat lover]

Hi ladies

When is it normal to change from size 1 to 2 teats (Tommy Tippee)? How do you know when you need to? My LO is 4 weeks.

Thanks

 

[cabbagebaby]

i think its 3 months

 

[kristel_]

When your LO starts falling asleep every time they feed or if they start fussing for no apparent reason.

 

[Jess812]

id say when you thing your LO is ready to.... i was using avent bottles, with the teat 1's for newborns but he was always falling asleep. i used teat 3's for him now an hes only just over 2 weeks.. (started when he was about just over a week) an these teats say there 'suppose' to be for 3m+ *shrug*
my LO is fine with these teats too xx

 

[bunnie2]

Xander is 4 weeks today and we have tried him on the vari flow again from yesterday as he feeds every hour over night and only takes 1 oz before going back to sleep

 

[Evian260]

I just watched and noticed that my son kept making smacking sounds and collapsing the nipple and it took him forever to drain the bottle.... we just made the switch a week ago to size 2 (right before he turned 3 months)

 

[K123]

I switched to Avent size 2 teats when my son was 2weeks old on HV's advice as he was taking an hour to drink 60ml. Now he takes 20mins to drink 100ml.

 

[bigbetty]

As someone else said the signs your baby might be ready to go up a size are falling asleep part way through a bottle, struggling to suck, fussing or refusing after a few oz.

We are using tt bottles too and we changed Fran to size 2 at 7wks old for these reasons.

I will warn you that there might be a heck of a lot of dribbling for a few days while LO gets used to the faster flow. Fran ended up with more in her triple chin than she did in her mouth sometimes lol!

 

[amy19604]

My lo is almost 4 months, he's still been on size 1 teats, but now is starting to fall asleep drinking, so i tried size 2 the other day, and it was dribbling out the sides of his mouth. so i went back to size 1 as i was worried that the flow was too fast, but should i stick with the size 2's if the dribbling is normal?

 

[bigbetty]

My lo is almost 4 months, he's still been on size 1 teats, but now is starting to fall asleep drinking, so i tried size 2 the other day, and it was dribbling out the sides of his mouth. so i went back to size 1 as i was worried that the flow was too fast, but should i stick with the size 2's if the dribbling is normal?

Yeah give it a few days, as I said before Fran dribbled a lot for about a week until she got used to the faster flow xx

 

[A43]

we use Avent and I changed in week 3 due to wind and thought maybe it was the teat, also slow intake, also she was draining the bottle.