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Tue, May 11 2021, 10:22 pm
I’ve been having a very difficult time feeding my baby. Finally got him seen by a feeding therapist and she showed me that he has low oral muscle tone and has sucking issues. She recommended a long silicone nipple but didn’t have any specific bottle to recommend.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
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rmbg
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Tue, May 11 2021, 10:28 pm
Ask her about the dr browns bottle that has a special valve used for babies with cleft palates etc
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amother
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Tue, May 11 2021, 11:02 pm
Tried dr brown, he’s not really taking to it. He’s too old to keep switching because he’s confused already. Hoping for tried and true....
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Surrendered
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Tue, May 11 2021, 11:22 pm
I did the (Haberman feeder?) The one that you mentioned, long nipple. You can control the speed of the fluid intake.
I used it for 3 of my children. Two were very low muscle tone, one had tongue tie. Worked very well bh. Go for it.
It can use any bottle (though I started off with the narrow 1 oz hospital bottle).
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sheek
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Tue, May 11 2021, 11:26 pm
MAM bottles worked very well for my baby who had a similar issue.
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champagne
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Tue, May 11 2021, 11:26 pm
Dr brown’s didn’t work for us either. We used the Mam bottles (they have a wider, flatter nipple.) Worked great!
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amother
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Wed, May 12 2021, 7:16 am
He’s using mam already and it’s not working for him. He’s at the point where he refuses to eat anymore. It’s interesting that a few people recommended it when the therapist specifically said this is totally not good for him.
The haberman one looks expensive and complicated. Was hoping for something for typical...
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rmbg
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Wed, May 12 2021, 7:47 am
champagne wrote: | Dr brown’s didn’t work for us either. We used the Mam bottles (they have a wider, flatter nipple.) Worked great! |
You tried the dr browns with the valve? It’s part of the specialty feeding system
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amother
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Wed, May 12 2021, 8:02 am
rmbg wrote: | You tried the dr browns with the valve? It’s part of the specialty feeding system |
How does the valve help? I’ve been researching it and can’t understand. My baby pushes out the nipple as soon as I put it in his mouth. I can’t get him to eat....
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amother
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Wed, May 12 2021, 8:17 am
I did 3 months on habermans then switched to dr browns with the valve and it worked even better then haberman. With haberman you are basically squeezing the milk to the back of the mouth, which makes it easier to swallow, you do need to learn how to squeeze at the right pace
Where are you located?
In israel there is an organization that gives out the expensive specialty bottles
In the states I was told sometimes insurance covers
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amother
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Wed, May 12 2021, 8:29 am
amother [ Mustard ] wrote: | I did 3 months on habermans then switched to dr browns with the valve and it worked even better then haberman. With haberman you are basically squeezing the milk to the back of the mouth, which makes it easier to swallow, you do need to learn how to squeeze at the right pace
Where are you located?
In israel there is an organization that gives out the expensive specialty bottles
In the states I was told sometimes insurance covers |
I’m in the us. How does the valve help?
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amother
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Wed, May 12 2021, 9:03 am
amother [ OP ] wrote: | I’m in the us. How does the valve help? |
It controls the flow
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