bottle propping

fyrefairie · January 2012

I see too much of this with young mothers I work with.

from the USDA website:

Hold the bottle during feeding. Do not prop bottles for a baby. Propping means a young baby is given a bottle to drink by itself and the bottle is propped up (with a pillow, for example) so that it can flow into the baby?s mouth. Propping a bottle can: ? cause choking and suffocation, ? possibly cause ear infections and baby bottle tooth decay, and ? deprive the baby of important cuddling and human contact. Older babies may be fed a bottle while sitting up in a high chair. Always hold babies who cannot sit while bottle feeding. Do not allow https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/resources/feedinginfants-ch5.pdf

jkeyros · January 2012

This drives me insane! Everytime I see a baby with a bottle propped by the blanket or whatever else, I immediately become judgemental of the parents. To me, it seems a bit lazy!