Bottle feeding links
Info pertinent to bottle feeding. Because all babies need to be able to use their brain and muscles efficiently in order to function optimally, some of the info for bottle fed babies overlaps with the breastfeeding and baby link pages.
Diane Bahr, SLP : No One Told Me (or My Mother) That!
Diane Bahr, SLP : Feeding Your Baby and Toddler Right
James McKenna, Ph.D : Safe Infant Sleep
Anne H. Zachry, PHD, OTR/L : Retro Baby
Born to be Breastfed
I Spy with My Myo Eye
Episode 2 ft Joy Moeller, RDH, Myofunctional Therapist
Joy speaks to why chewing is important while starting solids
Untaming
Biologically Normal Infant Sleep with Dr. James McKenna (9/20/2020; episode 25)
Skin to Skin Care for Infants with Dr. Nils Bergman (9/27/2020; episode 26)
@azbreastfedbabies
@momdocpsychology
Kellymom is a website with tons of feeding info. Just type your subject into the search box! The page is maintained be Kelly Bonyata, IBCLC.
Rachel O’Brien, IBCLC’s blog post on bottle feeding. Part 1 of 3. The post is titled “Bottles for Breastfed Babies” but it applies to all babies and is a great resource for bottle information.
Paced bottle feeding by New North Baby. Shows how to help babies bottle feed. This technique helps prevent overfeeding and allows the baby to take an appropriate amount of milk at a safe rate.
I do find that if you are just covering the nipple hole with fluid (vs filling the nipple), there’s often no need to tilt the bottle back when baby pauses. There’s not enough gravity force to cause milk to drip into the mouth. The most important thing is to watch your baby!
Updated: 3/25/21