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Sometimes the last thing you want to do is give your baby a bottle. This is why
bottle propping – putting something like a receiving blanket under the bottle
to hold it up – is appealing. Hands-free feeding equals more time for Mom. But
is this practice safe? This is an issue that elicits strong opinions.
"I am a mom of two, with my youngest being 9 months old," says Robin Kelman of Lafayette Hill, Pa. "I am a proponent of propping up a bottle if need be. As a busy working mom with a toddler and newborn, sometimes I need to feed the baby on the go. I would rather do this than make her cry and wait at a time when she is hungry. If there is something wrong with this, I am anxious to hear the other side."
Hands-free feeding , or propping Baby's bottle, equals more time for Mom. But is this practice safe? |
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Kelman stumbled upon bottle propping out of necessity. She was constantly on the go and had to think of something. When she realized she could prop the bottle and her daughter, Madden, could drink it without a problem, she did it a lot more often. "I've propped the bottle in the car, stroller and even at home so I could get ready for work," Kelman says. "As long as the baby was happy, I see nothing wrong with it."
Madden spit up a lot in the first seven months, so Kelman always had a burp cloth or two on her. The burp cloths ended up being used for bottle propping as well. Kelman also used a diaper pack (a soft cover diaper holder) or blanket – really, whatever worked. "I would prop it up so it was at the right feeding angle, and so that air wasn't getting into the nipple," she says. "However I needed to rig it, I did. Madden was happy. I was happy."
My husband and I are different pages when it comes to this topic. I am totaly aginst bottle propping, and I get mad when that's all my husband does when he feeds our 5 month son. When he gets up in the night to feed him he goes right to propping it with something.... I always scream don't leave that in his mouth.... As a baby my mom used bottle propping on me my older sister and I are 13 months apart so she says she was really "busy" because of my mom doing this I had bottle rot teeth and even called names because of it... I don't want this for my son.... Its not safe eaither babies choke even when you do hold em all it takes is one time a few secounds and you not there to help them...I don't know how I can stress this to my husband....There is nothing more important than saving your childs life, there shouldn't be anything more important than your child to try risking there life.
Why do it? Nothing is more important than your baby's health and attachment. I'm a working mom who's breastfeeding number 3. I cherish the times I'm home and get to nurse my baby. They'll be too old for holding much too soon.
When I had to go to the bathroom or go downstairs to answer the door, I had to prop the baby's bottle, but I woul not leave her unattended for too long. I always held my baby while she drank her milk even in the middle of the night. I had many sleepless nights due to her feedings. Never leave your child unattended for too long.
I used to prop my baby's bottle. I was always right there, but sometimes it was just a necessity. Don't get me wrong, I loved to hold my baby while she ate, but sometimes propping does give you a little extra time to relax. But stay close by!
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