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11-12-2012 at 12:37 PM
IBackBevo
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Any reason not to use medium flow nipple?

My LO is 10 weeks.  Yesterday, I purchased two medium flow nipples yesterday and tried them on my LO as I've been having alot of trouble with him only taking 1-2 ounces at a time lately even though he can (and used to and occassionally still does) eat more akin to 4 ounces at a time.  In fact, it has gotten to the point that it is not only a pain in the behind (because he eats more often), but I've also noticed him not gaining as much weight.  Plus, he take forever to finnish a bottle when he does finnish it. On the first try, he ate 5 ounces and on the next try (just a couple of hours later) with the faster flow nipple he ate about 3.5!     

So...my question is this - Is there any reason not to switch him to the faster flow nipple?  Is there any danger in switching too soon? It does say 3 months on the nipple. It seemed like the feeding was a little messier (had a few more dribbles out the mouth), but he didn't choke on the milk or anything.    


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11-12-2012 at 12:43 PM
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As long as he's not choking, it's fine! You might need to burp him more often but it should be fine!
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11-12-2012 at 1:40 PM
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Our LO is only seven weeks old and already using the medium flow nipples. Her pediatrician recommended it, because she was such a noisy eater. You could tell she was trying very hard to get milk out and is wasn't happening as quickly as she wanted it to. I think it's fine to switch, since they gave us the green light at six weeks.
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11-12-2012 at 1:50 PM
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I had this exact problem, once I switched he started eating 3 oz at a time, we were at 1! He was a little dribbly with it for about a week, and now he takes 4 oz every three hours. 
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11-12-2012 at 8:16 PM
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Nope no problem. I switched DD over to the 3+ nipples when she was about 3 weeks old. She would suck so hard on the slow flow ones that they would collapse and she wouldn't get anything out of them.
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