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Bottle Feeding Tips for Professional Moms
Here are a few words from one of our writer moms…
As a working mom, I am face with a hard decision every day. When I decide to go back to work, after having my baby, I use to worry about my baby, I use to worry about my child’s development. I use to worry if the nanny or babysitter was holding my baby properly during bottle feeding. Sometimes I was too tired from working all day to hold my baby with the proper support sometimes. When I later discovered improper support doing bottle feeding can lead to underdeveloped fine motor skills and could stunt my child’s development, it was time for a change.
That’s when I stumble upon Mother’s 3rd Arm bottle holder in the search engine. I was searching for something to aid my child’s development. Mother’s 3rd Arm bottle holder can handle, glass baby bottles, plastic baby bottles, Sippy cups for toddlers and many other cups.
Studies show babies with support when bottle feeding become independent self feeders earlier than babies without support doing bottle feeding. I am the mother five kids and a single parent. As a single working mother of five kids, my schedule is very busy. I am not always around for every detail of my baby’s life. When I am working, my kids are left with the nanny. Still, the kids are a hand full for the nanny. I worried my baby may not be still getting the proper support doing bottle feeding times. As a concerned parent, I purchased the Mother’s 3rd Arm baby bottle holder.
Mother’s 3rd Arm has been a joy and blessing in my life. I did not have worry anymore if my baby getting the proper support doing bottle feedings. Now, bottle feeding does not mean stop everything I am doing. With Mother’s 3rd Arm baby bottle holder I can multi-task without worrying about sitting down to hold a baby bottle.
My nanny thinks Mother’s 3rd Arm is the best child’s development tool ever invented. Now, my nanny does not have to take up a lot time with the baby. The nanny can focus a little more attention on the other three kids.
Mother’s 3rd Arm grows with your child. If your baby no longer using baby bottles, the baby bottle holder not alone is a baby bottle holder but it can hold Sippy cups. That’s right; toddlers may need support with holding their cups.
The baby bottle holder keeps toddlers and babies from contaminating their baby bottles or Sippy cups. Whenever, a child is done with a Sippy cup or baby bottle their natural reaction is to throw on the floor. Most of our floors are full germs. Just because a home look clean does not mean the floor does not have germs.
Germs are responsible for many days missed at work taking care sick kids and many missed school hours from your kids being sick. Germs can be passed on from face to face contact. That why it is important to purchase Mother’s 3rd arm baby bottle holder.
Bottle Feeding tips for Breast feeding babies
Breast feeding or formula is one of the first and most critical decisions that expecting mothers must make for their baby. Everywhere you search on the internet, parenting books and magazines all say breast milk is the best choice for the health of your child. Everyone is different, no individual situation, health or lifestyle is the same. Whether you decide to use formula or breast feeding, bottle feeding is inevitable. In our modern world, bottle feeding is essential to our child’s development, despite your preference of formula or breast milk. What seems to be missing in most reviews is: “Is the breast always the best choice?”
I must say a qualified “no.”
Starting in the 20th Century, mothers have been able to easily choose both. Yes, that’s right! With the advent of electrical breast-milk pumps, our professional mothers have been able to pump their breast milk each day into storage containers, which are then refrigerated for their child’s husband or caretaker to use in baby bottles throughout the day. On the other hand, there are those mothers with multiple kids needing to feed more than one at the same time or simply recognized that feeding with a bottle or Sippy Cup while driving is an excellent way to care for her child while parent is driving from destination A to B.
In this way, bottle feeding is not actually used to replace breast feeding, but a way to expand it. Yes, this is a no brainer when you think about it, but the problem is that many do not consider this option or give it much thought. No matter which way you chose there are critical points for any mother to know.
* Babies breast feeding will begin to refuse the breast if bottle is introduced too early;
* Mothers breast feeding should not introduce the bottle until the baby is three weeks old unless specific medical conditions or concerns exist which your pediatrician would advise;
* Improper bottle feeding can cause ear infections and possible choking;
* During bottle feeding, your baby must be secured with their head elevated higher than their stomach (The elevation in the head allows baby to easily digest the milk and prevent ear infections—pillow propping bottles while child is laying down will not only lead to infections, but is dangerous due to gagging or choking);
* When suckling babies breast feed, they rare have a problem with gas. Breast fed babies do not experience much gas because mom’s breast do not hold air. Bottle fed babies have to be burped half way through bottle feeding. Most baby bottle trap air inside, the air inside goes into baby stomach when baby is bottle fed
* Mothers should warm the nipple and milk before bottle feeding, particularly if you are transitioning your baby from breast to bottle (It is important that everything is similar to breast. Warming the nipple creates the effect of the warm areola of mom’s breast);
* Select and use the right nipples for the right stages of feeding. Use the right nipple when bottle feeding. In the wide world of baby bottles, there are many different nipples with many different purposes. Water nipples are the smallest nipples and will not allow much milk to flow. While food nipples have large holes, the nipple hole is large to allow food to flow through. Unfortunately, if placed on a milk baby bottle, it can gag the baby;
* As baby ages the nipple on the bottle can be slit or punctured with larger hole(s) to allow oatmeal, rice or other cereals to be mixed into your child’s diet and began to prepare their digestive system for food.
These are only a few out of many pointers to recommend and it is good to face the reality that bottle feeding is sometimes more easier for the mom then breast feeding. At the same time it is more difficult for the child as well, since they must work harder to get milk from mother’s breasts while the bottle normally produces milk with the slights squeeze. And there are other considerations as well….
Child development takes place every moment of every day and broadening and fine tuning their skills is the child’s major activity. It is not so much about having easy transitions from one phase to the other, but having the most dynamic and healthy transitions that you can provide for your child. One thing that can be incorporated into your child’s life early on is Mother’s 3rd Arm. In fact, wherever there is a baby bottle or Sippy Cup, one should always have available a Mother’s 3rd Arm to not merely assist you to do other things, but more importantly to enhance the developmental transitions of your child.
The name itself is actually what it implies. Personally, as a medical doctor, mother and aunty I have not witnessed a safer more secure way to feed my child short of me doing it myself. The Mother’s 3rd Arm is a one of a kind device that is specifically designed to hold bottles and Sippy cups so: 1) the child cannot drop or throw their bottle; 2) ensure bottle and Sippy cup remains sanitary; 3) Afford mothers a safe secure way to feed their child so they can either attend to their other children or do other important tasks.
That was enough for me, however, as it turns out, the Mother’s 3rd Arm also visually stimulates children; enhances their eye hand coordination; gives children an early sense of feeding themselves; affords a sense of security by having direct access themselves to feed when they have the craving versus having to cry to signal their hunger and more.
This is the only baby bottle holder which allows parents to position the child in the safest and most secure postures to avoid choking or infections. And of course it is free of lead, BPA, Phalates, PVCs and other known harmful chemicals.
It takes about 15 to 30 seconds to attach to my car seat, stroller, highchair or table. I always have it at the very top of my Baby Shower list and really love buying and giving it to other mothers.
How to Increase Child Development
How to Increase Child Development
As parents we want to give our children the best opportunities and advantages, in order to improve their quality of life. We want our children to have the brightest futures possible and the best education. Molding your child’s development at an early age is important. Studies shows hand and eye coordination starts in early infancy. Parents with children between the ages of one and three should encourage games that allow children to use their hands to manipulate objects. For example, putting together a puzzle with a child will provide an important amount of hand and eye coordination. Bottle feedings can also help improve your child’s development of infant hand and eye coordination. Underdeveloped hand and eye coordination in infants can lead to many different physical problems later on in life, such as:
* Poor Vision: Your child would need prescription glasses to improve their vision. Poor vision may cause your child not to see object as clearly as possible and not as clearly as they would have if their parents provided an adequate amount of stimulation for infant hand-and-eye coordination.
* Movement disorders: A child may appear to be just clumsy on the surface, but in some cases the underlying fact is that a child’s development of hand and eye coordination is underdeveloped. Usual movement is unsmooth, rough and out of place. A great example of symptom of movement disorder is hypertonia, this condition is known for unusual amount of muscle tension and an inability to stretch the muscle. Some psychologist hold that infancy interaction lays the foundation for social interaction and skills later in life.
* Underdeveloped fine motor skills: This affects a child’s ability to do many simple tasks that otherwise properly developed children innately do every day. Fine motor skills are used when writing, drawing, picking up objects, typing, driving, dressing ourselves the list goes on. If your child’s fine motor skills are underdeveloped, then your child will have a difficulty mastering simple things we take for granted.
Most of these conditions can be easily prevented from infancy through bottle and or Sippy Cup feeding. As parents we need to help our child development from birth. Bottle or Sippy Cup feeding is an activity that requires hand and eye coordination with support of parent hands. Although parents are supporting the bottle or Sippy Cup, the child is still using their hands hold the bottle or Sippy Cup and watch where they are placing their hands.
Now just imagine for a moment what would happen if a child, how actually requires someone to hold their baby bottle or Sippy Cup for them, is now provided a device which not only holds their baby bottle and Sippy Cup for them, but also allows the infant to hold it and begin to learn how to move it their baby bottle or Sippy Cup for themselves?
There is such a device and it has been known to therapist throughout the world who work strive to rehabilitate adults who have lost full or partial control of their ability to hold things for themselves.
It’s a baby bottle holder, Sippy Cup holder and more. It’s called Mother’s 3rd Arm.Now get this:
If you are a mother of twin or triplet kids, feeding time is normally difficult without help. The average mother must multi-task everyday more than 30% of their day and it is twice that for mothers of triplet or twin babies. As mothers of twins or triplets, in general and being a mother period, there are plenty of times throughout each day that we do not have any extra helping hand during feeding time. Having a baby bottle holder or Sippy Cup holder for our infants is something that can be a godsend.
Mother’s 3rd Arm is a bottle and Sippy Cup holder designed to give you and your children the extra help when mom’s two hands are occupied. Mother’s 3rd Arm is covered in velvet, has many stimulating colors and textures, is chemically safe and washable. What is more this is the only bottle & Sippy Cup holder that attaches to any table, crib, car seat, high chair, and yes, strollers. The added plus is that it helps to improve:
* Sharp visual stimulation
* Eye/Hand coordination
* Growth independent learning
* Responsibility (child learn not to throw cup or bottle)
* Sensory and motor skills
* Transition into different feeding stages
* Your child’s sense of security by having consistency in feeding method
Mother’s 3rd Arm baby bottle & Sippy Cup holder is the only doctor recommended bottle holder because it improves your child’s development and hand/eye coordination and is a safe and secure way to let your child feed themselves when you simply have to drive or do other tasks
References
Encyclopedia of Children Health (2011) Hand and eye coordination
http://www.healthofchildren.com/G-H/Hand-Eye-Coordination.html
Psychology Encyclopedia (2011) Hand and eye coordination Toddlerhood, Preschool age and School age
http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/294/Hand-Eye-Coordination.html
Tips for Toy Safety
Toys are the treasures of childhood, as long as they’re chosen with care. But are toys really hazardous?
How to tell if toys are safe? Keep your child’s safety your top priority by following these tips on toy safety:
- Check the toys packaging for the manufacturer’s recommended age before purchasing.
- Check all electronic toys to see if they are UL approved. The label should indicate that Underwriter Laboratories approved it.
- Check for recalls online at www.recalls.gov or www.cpsc.gov
- Avoid toys with small and removable parts which can pose a chocking hazard. Any toy that can fit in an empty toilet paper roll is too small for a child younger than 3 years. Make sure that any item – or any removable part of an item – is no less than 11/4 inches in any dimension so that it cannot be swallowed or produce gagging.
- Inspect toys with batteries to make sure they are not exposed or leaking.
- Inspect toys on a regular basis to see if any pieces are broken. An item that passes all safety checks at the time of purchase can immediately become a serious hazard as soon as it is broken, chipped, or otherwise damaged.
- Ensure all crayons, paints and markers are non toxic.
- Stuffed toys should be labeled “nonflammable,” “flame resistant,” or “flame retardant,” as well as “washable.”