Paced Bottle Feeding Your Baby

Most newborn mothers, if not all, bottle-feed their babies. Bottle feeding is more convenient, time-saving, and comfortable for busy mums compared to breastfeeding.

If you’re a working mum, you may already have the basic must-haves from Eonian Care such as Smart Double Electric Breast Pump, Baby Bottles & Feeding Solutions Value Set, Breast Milk Storage Bags with Pump Adapters, and good quality breastfeeding accessories. Now all you need is a good technique with bottle-feeding and you might just want to check out how paced bottle-feeding works.

What is Paced Bottle Feeding?

There are many helpful benefits why you should check out this technique. Here are some following examples:

• Your bub eats slowly and lets him learn how to pace himself.
• Avoids the risk of underfeeding or overfeeding as babies learn to recognize when they’re full.
• Helps prevent gas, discomfort, colic-like symptoms and choking which babies often get when they feed fast.
• Less stressful for babies as they avoid gulping the milk down.
• Pumping milk occurs less often as little ones know when to stop consuming when they’re full.
• Establishes long-term healthy eating habits.
  

How To Do Paced Bottle Feeding

• Choose the right bottle. The Eonian Care Baby Bottles & Feeding Solutions Value Set comes at the right feeding sizes and includes a slow-flow teat, ideal for paced bottle feeding.
• Hold the baby upright as this helps in controlling the milk better than laying down. Make sure that there is a slight recline so your bub stays comfortable.
• Keep the bottle horizontal. Once your baby is latching on the bottle nipple keeping it on the horizontal position makes the milk consumption slower. This process usually takes 10-20 minutes rather than a baby gulping milk down in 5 minutes.
• Encourage pausing while feeding.
• Move the baby one side to the other to help the baby avoid side preferences.
• Pay attention to cues that your baby is full. If you think your bub is full, remove the bottle from his mouth by twisting gently. Offer it again after a few seconds. If he accepts, feed him for about 20 seconds and repeat until he refuses.

Whether you’re using pumped breast milk or formula milk, if you’re regularly bottle-feeding, then the paced bottle-feeding method might be something you’d like to try.