Mam Teat Size….

Hi we moved to size 2 a couple of days ago for my almost 6 week old. She’s like a different baby, no longer fussing/squirming/crying when drinking. Finishing her milk quickly and easily winding after. The guideline is just that, do what works best for your bubba x

We moved to the tommee tippee vary flow teets within the first week as our baby was same falling asleep after drinking barely any she now drinks all her bottle, burps (unless she's holding it hostage 🤣) and sleeps after x

My 8 week old is on size 2 teat as well was having issues with size 1 also she drinks alot better she was also preterm seems alot better

May sound like a stupid question, so now all my tomee tipee bottles I bought suitable for newborns, I should be changing them at how many weeks? My little girl is 5 weeks tomorrow x

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Thanks everyone as you’ve instilled confidence in me 😂 she’s now taken her second bottle and suddenly feeding has become so much easier, she definitely seems happier and more content this evening too!!!

@Emma lm using mam bottles but I’m sure they’re all the same. You can change the teat size when baby needs it not the bottles. Mam say size 2 from 2 months but my baby is 5 weeks and I’ve moved up a size this evening. She started to struggle with feeding, not finishing a bottle, she was suddenly more windy and struggling to pass it,she was falling asleep after only a few mls etc. also, feeding became a 1 hour task and now she’s finishing her bottles and seems much happier with the new teat!

@lisa brilliant, thanks for that x

@Emma I think it all depends on the baby. Both my girls I changed to vary flow within the first week but my niece was fine with size 1 teat the whole time she had a bottle. I think they do have recommendations on the teat sizes but do what ever works best x

@lisa this sounds like my baby but she's only 4 weeks I'm Thursday so I don't know if it's to soon? She has been more windy the last week, and can fall asleep ao fast on the bottle, which means then she wakes sometimes not even an hour later for more milk. A 5 oz bottle can sometimes last her like 2 hours, when shouldn't a baby finish a bottle in a sitting ?.'

@Shannon it happened over days, she suddenly went from finishing bottles to really struggling. At first I put it down to the heat but I really think it’s the teat size as now she’s finishing them, although she’s had a big spit up during a change and now I’m worried but I think that’s natural as it’s guess work right now 😂😅 I’ve no idea if it can be too soon or not either but I knew that her taking over an hour to finish a bottle wasn’t right! I’m hoping that the size 2 test is my answer, I’ll let you know how tonight’s feeding goes!!!!

If she spits up/ throws up reduce your feed by a couple ml (not oz) If they root before three hours up by mls <3 this has saved my lil one, she’s 6weeks and eats 5oz, if I go to 6 she throws up, If I’m at 4 she’s still crying and rooting when put down, You just have to find their lil sweet spot <3 good luck mommas

@lisa how early was your LO? My wee boy was born at 35+1 and is 8 weeks now (3 weeks corrected) and we tried size 2 mam teat today as he was taking forever to finish the last ounce and was falling asleep half way through but he dribbled soo much his bib was soaking and soaked through to his clothes. He did take it quicker and hasn’t brought up too much (currently takes just over 5oz) so I don’t know whether to continue or go back to size one. What did you do in the end up?

@Andrea moving up a teat size was the right move for us for sure.. she was born 34+3 and is 7 weeks, 2 weeks corrected. I was so worried it was too soon especially as she’s a prem baby but she’s been fine, she now finishes bottles, easier to wind and can finish in 15-20 mins, before she wouldn’t finish as it was taking an hour and she was too tired. I read about pace feeding and kinda done that with her, just to make sure she didn’t guzzle too quickly. When she does guzzle now we get lots of dribble too! I’ve also noticed if I’m using a pre-made bottle when out it’s thinner and I have to be careful to not let her drink too much in one go. I remove the teat if she’s taking too much, which she hates but it means she gets time to swallow if she’s going too hard 😂 we’ve been absolutely fine and the longer she’s been on size 2, the less I’ve had to remove the teat during feeds, so I think they get used to the flow pretty quickly. For us it’s been a game changer with her feeding!

Awh I don’t know what to do 🙈 I’ll maybe try one more bottle of the size 2 and if he is still dribbling loads I’ll go back to size one. Thanks for replying ☺️