Nipple sizes (bottle feeding)

Babsie7

How do you know when to go up to the next size? We've been using size 1 nipples, but I think they're ready to move up to size 2. DD makes a funny clicking sound now and I think it may be that she's ready for a faster flow. We use Dr. Browns and I believe it said around 3 months - mine are 1.5 months adjusted. Should I just try it and see what happens or wait longer?

hopeful34

First your babies are frickin adorable!!!

At their age I switched to a med flow with my DD and at first she did good then she started drowning herself lol...so i switched back. It won't hurt to try. I think now that she is older i may try again. GL!!

thiswillbe

Our babies were on Preemie nipples until 7 months (DS) and 9 months (DD). We knew they were ready to go up a size (to size 1s) when they started routinely filling the stem of the Dr. Brown's bottles while they were eating (from sucking too hard).

We tried moving them to size 1s before they were ready, and they both got overwhelmed and choked, so it was pretty obvious they weren't ready. We just switched back when that happened and tried again later.

nygrl79

You can try and you'll know right away if they aren't ready.  We switched to level 2 nipples right around 3 months (probably at around 11 weeks).  One of my boys took right to it and it took a few tries for my other boy to get it.  At 9 months, we are now on level 4s.  We went to level 3s around 5.5 months.

kimarino13

We moved to level 2 around a month old.

LakeGenevaBride

We moved to level 2 around 3.5 months and they are still using that one at 7 months. 

MrsLnt

We moved DS up when it was taking him so long to finish a bottle that he was falling asleep while eating.  It was probably around 7 weeks. 

kafunder

kimarino13:

We moved to level 2 around a month old.

We also moved to level 2 around one month. We should have done it sooner b/c it was taking DD almost 45 minutes to finish a 4 oz bottle. Changing size made a huge difference. We changed to level 3 at 4 months.