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Plan "B"

Introducing the Bottle to a Breastfed Baby

By Sharon Waldrop

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The Sippy Cup Prevails
Dawn Torres' son, Colten, didn't really like the bottle at first, although he would take it better from some people than others. He took it much better from Grandma than he did a family friend who also cared for him. As soon as Colten was able to express his preference, he refused the bottle. Torres and Colten's caregivers tried many different nipples, positions and temperatures. They finally figured out that he preferred his expressed breast milk in a sippy cup, cold.

At the age of 6 months, Colten started drinking out of a cup. It was different enough from his mother that he liked it. Colten is now 13 months old, enjoys drinking out of his favorite cup and nurses like a pro with no stop in sight when he is with his mother. "I'm so glad that I stuck it out through the hard times, and [I] know that even though I couldn't be there to feed Colten myself, he had very loving people caring for him, and he was still getting the optimal nutrition available," says Torres of Smithville, Mo. This mother successfully pumped enough breast milk on a daily basis to keep her caregivers' refrigerators stocked with milk for Colten's bottles, then later for his sippy cups. "I am proof that it can be done," says Torres.


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