The Bottle :

Bottle feeding It is the baby who eats and alone, he expresses his hunger and satiety. Recognizing his signs means being attentive and respecting them.



Choosing the quality of the milk, listening and observing so that he can regulate the quantity he needs on his own, having good reference points to evaluate his feeding and his good tolerance.



Milk quality :


  • The European standard for infant feeding is much stricter than the more expensive organic standard.
  • Why impose on your child a food that his mother avoids?
  • Ask yourself the question : Do you drink milk directly from the cow's udder ? Imagine that this is your only food ? Have you tasted her milk ? Or do you prefer to eat yoghurt and cheese ?
  • We currently have many infant food formulas that come close to what you prefer to eat. Milks that are as easy to digest as yoghurts and cheese thanks to the action of bacteria (probiotic) that break down the hardness of the milk by reducing casein, which is a glue, and by reducing lactose, which is the milk sugar responsible for colic when it ferments in the digestive tract.
  • If even cheese and yoghurt bother you, you are probably intolerant to cow's milk. Talk to your paediatrician who will be able to suggest milk hydrolysas or other milk-free formulas that meet European infant feeding standards.
  • Vegetable drinks are juices, unsuited to the needs of growing infants, even if they are labelled "milk" (cf. almond milk).


Benchmarks : 


  • Wait until he's hungry, he won't calm down with "magic pinky".
  • Preparing the bottle with baby water (European label)
  • One shaved measure for 30 ml of water. Use only one type of milk per bottle.
  • Give at room temperature, as the sip at the top of the oesophagus is already 37°C warmed by the blood flow from both carotid arteries.
  • Avoid interrupting feeding


The burps : 


  • He squirming or hiccupping, his stomach may be swollen with an air bubble.

  • Gently place his head on your right shoulder, his knees in the center of your chest, to do the burp as we all have our stomach on the left.
  • Thus tilted the air bubble will leave the stomach through the esophagus.
  • Shortly and without tapping.
  • There can be several burps:
  • Early is the air absorbed by the teat,
  • The second is when the milk foam forms a big bubble,
  • Late is the production of gas by acid fermentation in the stomach.


Feeding quantity :


  • In sufficient quantity, he must leave some in his bottle, if he finishes it means he must prepare more. His appetite is pre-programmed by his genetics and epigenetics.
  • He stops by himself when he is satiated.
  • Avoiding forcing him is unpleasant for him and a source of digestive problems.
  • Remember to have him do his burping before lying down.


Bottle-feeding rhythm : 


  • Beyond 3 kg of weight and going to satiety at each meal, the infant alone regulates the frequency of his feeding. He must leave milk in his bottle.
  • Less than 90 ml is 8 meals per 24 hours.
  • From 90 to 120 ml it's 6 meals.
  • From 120 to 150ml it's 5 meals.
  • From 180 to 210 ml or more is 4 meals per 24 hours.
  • The night meal is dependent on his reserves to succeed in keeping up the night fast, it is related to his corpulence and not to his age.


Surveillance :


  • The diapers must be heavy with urine or stool, if it's heavy it's because it's heavy when it's in, so it's developing well.
  • Only the total amount of milk per 24 hours is a good indicator of its diet, it is often variable but increases gradually according to its development.