Answer by Rich Homolka for How can I keep my infant from sleeping while...
We're still new at this, but so far burping seems to help too. Any kind of stimulation seems to help some. We also try: twisting the bottle, rubbing their chin or cheeks (sometimes triggers a feeding...
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We used to blow on my eldest's feet. This seemed to do the trick.
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Our lactation consultant suggested that we undress the baby down to the diaper for feedings. Also if she starts to get sleepy during a feeding, tummy time will wake/annoy the baby. Tickling/stimulating...
View ArticleAnswer by Alpesh Shah for How can I keep my infant from sleeping while bottle...
If a gentle turn of the bottle doesn't get our now eight month old to restart sucking, we move on to rubbing his belly. If that doesn't work, I generally change his diaper. Simply undressing him and...
View ArticleAnswer by JayL for How can I keep my infant from sleeping while bottle feeding?
For ours I find it works pretty well to start to simply start to pull the bottle out of her mouth, or wiggle it around. I start gentle and increase to fairly aggressive wiggling as needed and so far we...
View ArticleAnswer by Rory Alsop for How can I keep my infant from sleeping while bottle...
We used to undo the legs on the babygrow to keep their feet out - this meant we could tickle their feet if they started to fall asleep before they had had enough milk. Just a gentle tickle was usually...
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Before our daughter was born we took a first-parents class. This is apparently a common enough occurrence that they actually discussed it. I'll try my best to describe what they showed us to do. If...
View ArticleHow can I keep my infant from sleeping while bottle feeding?
We've been trying to get our infant on a schedule, but he tends to fall asleep before he's done eating, which makes it challenging, because he doesn't finish, and wakes up hungry too early. It also...
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