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“Level 1” or “Level 2” Baby Bottle Nipple? What’s the Difference?

By on July 23, 2012 in Children's Nutrition, New Parents, The First Year of Life
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Tweet Most bottle manufacturers include multiple bottle nipples in infant “feeding systems.” But, they do not include much instruction on how to choose which bottle nipple is right for your baby. The good news is that the “level” of bottle nipple you use is rather arbitrary. Bottle nipples of various flow-rates are simply tools to [...]

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6 Myths: Starting Solid Foods

By on May 23, 2011 in Children's Health, Help for Parents, New Parents, The First Year of Life
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TweetAt the 6-month check up, nearly all of my patient families want to talk about starting their babies on solid food. The conversations usually start like this… “I go get all of Gerber stage 1 foods and then do all the greens, then the yellows, then the fruit. After she eats all of the stage [...]

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