Size 3 nipple?

samk213 · January 2011

DS is still on Size 2 nipple and I think doing just fine, but wondered if anyone ever moved up to a size 3 nipple. At home he'll go through his bottles just fine. At daycare however, he refuses his bottles a lot, to the point I'm worried he's not getting enough formula (like only 6oz total at daycare sometimes) I think it's partly because he likes his solid food better and because he is easily distracted when he eats. So, if there's another baby crying or moving about or anything, he's more interested in that. But daycare mentioned yesterday that maybe it's cause his nipple isn't big enough and he's working too hard?

Anyway, is there really a big difference in size 2 and 3 and should I give the 3s a try?

kimarino13 · January 2011

We moved to size 3 really early - like 4 months?

xtencornfield · January 2011

We moved to size 3's at 5 months because DS was slow and distracted (still is distracted but only slow at daycare it seems). I felt there was a significant difference. It couldn't hurt to try.

However, at this point, he might just be ready to eat more solids. At 9 mos, by our pedi's orders, we started limiting DS to 24 oz a day. I think between 18 and 24 oz is normal if they are eating a decent amount and variety of solids.

krissyh21 · January 2011

I moved to size 3 at about 6 months. DS would take forever to drink 8 oz and then got bored with it half way through and distracted on something else. I noticed a huge improvement when we moved up.

sescms2004 · January 2011

I just posted this a few weeks ago

We had to move LO's to size 3 at about 5 mos (4 mos adjusted). They were taking 45 minutes to eat, not finishing, and it was EXHAUSTING. I couldn't understand how they could already be ready for level 3's but they were. Helped things a lot.

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