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How long does your 8 month old take to drink a bottle?

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Due to wanting to hold the bottle herself, gazing around etc, my husband told me it takes about 40 minutes for her to eat 5oz (maybe less, people tend to exaggerate when complaining myself included). Is this a sign we need to move up a size in nipples? I breastfeed when at home and she never ever takes that long but then, we feed a little more frequently so I can keep my supply up at work.
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Re: How long does your 8 month old take to drink a bottle?

  • DaisyFullDaisyFull member
    DD does it completely on her own now (recent development) and she does it in under 10 minutes. There is very little fooling around when it comes to her and her food. We use a level 2 dr brown's nipple.
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  • AdamsMom4AdamsMom4
    It takes him less than 10 minutes to drink 4-8ounces depending on what he wants. Right before we moved to a faster flow, he was getting frustrated and didn't want to suck hard enough to use the slow flow.
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  • CincyBuckeyeCincyBuckeye

    Yeah, probably 10-15 minutes here too and we use a Born Free level 2. But we have to feed him in his room away from everything else so that he focuses. Although now he pretty much only gets a bottle right before he goes to sleep (before both naps and bedtime) so it's easier to do it in his room anyway. But if we are at someone else's house, it's really hard to get him to take a bottle.

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  • Cakemom10Cakemom10 member

    He gets two a day (rest of the time I nurse) and the morning one (6oz) he will get down in 10 min... the evening one he plays with it and sometimes will drink at it for 20-30 min on and off... but he has also just ate a large solid meal. 

    We use level 3 Dr. Brown nipples.... I noticed it was taking him a while with Level 2 so we went up and he seems much happier and spits up less.  

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  • vixen3031vixen3031 member
    My daughter drinks her bottle (6/7 oz.) in 10 minutes or so.  We use level 3 on Avent bottles. She sucks it down.  It probably doesnt even take 10 minutes?!? I would recommend going up a size and seeing how your LO does.  You can always switch back.
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  • CincyBuckeyeCincyBuckeye

    I want to warn you against going up a size, though I will qualify that what happened to me could have been coincidental and would have happened anyway at that point in time. But right around the time when we switched from Level 1 to 2, DS stopped BFing at all times except right when he wakes up in the morning. He wouldn't nurse at any other time during the day.

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  • joyfulgirl1joyfulgirl1 member
    DD was doing the same thing and once we moved up a size she was much quicker and much happier.
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  • RoxpupRoxpup member

    my 6 month old drinks his on his own and it takes him like 10-15 minutes, depending on who's (or what's) around him.  he drinks 5oz at a time.

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