WHAT SIGNS INDICATE THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO CHANGE BOTTLES

Apart from replacing every 2 or 3 months the bottle and teats because they deteriorate with use, as the child gains weight you need to adapt these products for artificial lactation, and natural in the case of using a breast pump, at each stage of its growth. Function of age and its evolution it will demand one size or another of a bottle and a different type of nipple, because their feeding needs change.

First: small and with inclined nipple

Until two months of age opt for a small bottle, for example 150 ml, as the model Natural Feeling 0M + from Chicco. It is most advisable because babies ingest little milk (from 30 ml to 120 ml at this stage).

Premature babies and newborns need the nipple with smaller hole so that the milk flow is slower. The soft silicone nipple of the Natural Feeling 0M + bottle has an inclined design so that it is always full of milk, and thus avoid air intake, and facilitate the correct posture of the baby's neck that still does not have enough strength to be standing alone. In addition, it has a similar shape to the breast, which favors the passage between natural breastfeeding, and natural breastfeeding with a bottle and reduces the possibility of suffering from colic thanks to its double anti-colic valve.

Your little one has nothing new born

Although the bottle, like breast milk, is given on demand, from 2 to 4 months your baby will take approximately 150 ml to 180 ml. At the end of this stage he has nothing new born, he is already a beautiful baby who sleeps less hours a day and demand more milk It's time to change to a bottle larger, such as the Natural Feeling 4M + bottle with a capacity of 250 ml, and a round-shaped nipple with a more elongated nipple, because the baby already has more force in the mouth, to suck. This nipple also reduces the possibility of suffering from colic thanks to its double anti-colic valve.

When you incorporate cereals into your diet

In general at 6 months, or before if the pediatrician indicates it, the child begins to take cereals mixed with milk (artificial or maternal). This requires a bottle with more capacity, such as Natural Feeling 6M +, 330 ml, and one nipple with a larger hole (cereals thicken milk), with double anti-colic valves to reduce colic. At first, small amounts of gluten-free cereals are added, then the proportion is increased and then gluten is introduced no later than 7 months. The nipple is longer than 4 M +, because the baby already has the ability to suck fully developed.

Tricks that can guide you

Change the nipple if you see that it is hard to suck or you get tired when you take the bottle, it probably has become too small and you need a medium or fast flow (this is after 6 months). Or if he cries when he eats, you see that he sucks hard and the bottle does not empty just and cries again. Also when it takes more than 20 or 30 minutes to take it. And on the contrary: if spill or drip too much milk and swallow excessively, you may need a slow-flowing nipple.

Regardless of the reason you renew the bottle or the nipple, those of the Natural Feeling line of Chicco can always adapt them to each phase of growth, since they are compatible with each other and evolve with your baby.