How to Give Baby a Bottle - holding

http://www.breastmates.co.nz Just a simple demonstration on how to hold your baby when giving them a bottle. A simple cuddle, cradle. Whether breastfeeding or bottle feeding, this is comfortable for mum and baby, and holding the bottle of milk. Wrap one arm between you both, and hold their other arm with your spare hand. It stops baby wriggling and grabbing the bottle.

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[JustJaris]

thank you for your video Fran...

it helped me a lot, i mean when my son (11mths) didnt want to take bottle i just showed him this video, and i said "look baby drinking milk from bottle..." then he gave me a big grin and he took his bottle, drank it the whole lot!

[breastmates]

@JustJaris haha thats awesome!

[willowpiskie]

Your great big ad is covering the baby's face.

[breastmates]

@willowpiskie thanks for letting me know, have fixed that up.

[Bellaella86]

@islandmamma

Compairing the two look up life(dot)family education (dot) com,

Drinking while breastfeeding alcoholism(dot)about (dot) com

Smoking while breastfeeding womensmentalhealth (dot)org Please read before commenting back thanks ! :) I do agree that breast milk is best for baby, but formula isn't that far off depending on what kind you buy. Some are so much better than other exspecially the natural and organic ones.

[Bellaella86]

@islandmamma Yeah breast milk from a drinker or smoker is better than formula!! That's why all doctors encorage women to smoke and drink while pregnant!! I really don't care what your "facts" say. Formula is better than just plain cows milk, and there are many health babies that drink formula just as there are that drink breast milk. Some babies, exspecially preemies can't handle lactose (milk including mothers). Should we feed it to them anyway? What is second best if not formula?

[Bellaella86]

@islandmamma All of those illnesses you have just metioned can mostly be blamed on our environment and we caused it. Hence the whole POLLUTION thing! Air pollution, water pollution, and some food pollution as well, but you cannot blame it all on FORMULA!! Ever heard of agent orange or pesticides??? Ever heard of gettin a big cheeseburger, large frie, large coke and 2 apple pies for 2.99 or something?? Yeah...we are all unhealthy because we weren't breastfeed!!. ?!?!? Nuff said.. Thanks

[islandmamma]

@Bellaella86 Ya I know everyones so healthy right? Thats why 85 percent of the population is on over the counter or prescription drugs. cancer is epidemic and so is obesity. Yep we're a healthy lot. Pfft.

[islandmamma]

@Bellaella86 that is formula and no it is not second best as I already stated scientifically it is the last resort. You can hold firm all you want just because you make something up doesn't make it the truth. Oh and breast-milk from a smoker and drinker is still superior to formula! That tells you how bad formula really is. I'm not making it up, its a fact. You should be outraged at the crappy formula companies and demand change.

[Bellaella86]

@islandmamma Sorry, but just because it is in a bottle doesn't mean it isn't breast milk. Most mothers that breastfeed and are on the go, pump their milk and store it when they need too.

[Bellaella86]

@islandmamma We all know breast milk is best, but if that isn't an option, formula is second best. And it is better than nothing at all. There are a lot of new and better formulas being made almost everyday. That was just my point of my comment.

[Bellaella86]

@islandmamma This is a video isn't really about breastmilk or formula, it's about the technique. Secondly, breastmilk can be harmful depending on what the mother eats and drinks so you cannot count on it being 100% safe. What if a woman cannot produce milk? Should she not have a baby? And I still hold firm that formula isn't bad. I wasn't breastfeed and I am ok. So is my sister, her daughters and their kids.