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Conference moira::parenting_v3

Title:Parenting
Notice:READ 1.27 BEFORE WRITING
Moderator:CSC32::DUBOIS
Created:Wed May 30 1990
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1364
Total number of notes:23848

290.0. "Holes in Nipples" by CSG002::MCOHEN () Tue Aug 28 1990 12:39

    We are having trouble buying replacement nipples for the bottles
    that Chelsea uses.  She uses a standard bottle, but when we buy
    nipples they don't ever seem to have big enough holes for her to
    be able to get the formulat out.  We have tried to use a pin to
    open up holes, but it doesn't seem to do the trick.
    
    Do nipples come with different size holes, or are there other ways
    of opening up holes in nipples that have small holes?
    
    Mark
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290.1a suggestionCHCLAT::HAGENPlease send truffles!Tue Aug 28 1990 12:4913
290.2try playskol silicon nipplesCLOSUS::HOEDad, is S'dam one of the bad words?Tue Aug 28 1990 13:417
We used the Playskol silicon nipples of various grades from
infant-8 months, 6-12 months, 8-18 months, 16-toddler. They had
various hole sizes. They warn against enlarging holes since the
holes are laser drilled in silicon rubber.

cal
290.3Playtex-KabobDELNI::SCORMIERTue Aug 28 1990 13:427
    My son is a fast drinker, so I always have to enlarge the holes in new
    nipples.  I do the same as .1.  Boil them up then string them all along
    a long skewer until cooled.  Looks a little like an odd form of
    Shish-Kabob!  The holes seem to stay open, since I don't boil them
    after that initial stretching and have never had to repeat the
    procedure.
290.4Look on cardboard backingMAJORS::MANDALINCITue Aug 28 1990 14:228
    There is another brand (nuk ??) that tells you whether the nipple is
    for water, juice or formula. It is on the cardboard backing and can
    easily go unnoticed. The disadvantage (unlike the Evenflo) is that they
    aren't color "coded" so when they all end up being washed or sterilized
    together, they have completely lost their distinction. 
    
    I have used the pin trick - try a hot pin but becareful it is not to
    hot because it will melt the nipple.
290.5PUR silicon nipples - 3 hole sizesLEZAH::MINERTue Aug 28 1990 14:565
    I use the Pur silicon nipples.  They come in both regular and
    orthodontic style and have at least 3 different size holes,
    slow flow (0-4 mos), medium flow (4-8? mos) and fast flow (9-
    18 months).  They hold up really well under use and don't get
    sticky like the rubber ones.
290.6CADSE::ARMSTRONGWed Sep 12 1990 18:519
    we enlarge the nipple holes with no problem..is this like the
    tag on a mattress?

    turn the nipple 'inside out' and run a sharp knife slightly over the
    exposed hole.  this puts the cut on the inside of the nipple.
    when its compressed, the cut opens slightly to let more
    liquid out.  when the nipple is relaxed, the cut is squeesed
    shut and the liquid doesn't drip out.
    bob