You can check by turning the bottle upside down and giving it a few shakes, if milk pours or squirts out it s flowing too quickly. Sometimes if your baby is crying when you give him or her the bottle, you may need to test that the nipple is not clogged. You can unclog the hole in the nipple or make the nipple bigger buy piercing it with a hot sterilized needle. Sterilizing Sterilizing is of the utmost importance. It is best to sterilize your baby s bottles until she or he is at least six months old.
New babies have little defense against germs.
It takes time for immunity to build. A bottle full of milk that has been left sitting out in a warm room will quickly breed more bacteria than a newborn can handle. To prepare bottles and nipples, you must first wash them in hot soapy water and scrub the inside of the bottle with a bottlebrush. Nipples must be washed inside and out with detergent. Then rinse them off thoroughly.