![]() ![]() For example, if your child is from a previous relationship and you now change your child’s last name to your current spouse’s name, your spouse will NOT be your child’s legal parent. A name change is not as adoption.Ĭhanging your child’s name to your spouse’s or domestic partner’s name will legally change your child’s name, but it will not legally make your spouse or domestic partner your child’s parent. You can ask the court to change a child’s name if you are the child’s biological or adoptive parent, the child’s legal guardian or next friend. A child is sometimes called a "minor" in court and on court papers. Read Name Change Basics first before reading this section.Ī child is 17 years old or younger. If you think I’ve missed any other obvious signs of when to change teat size, please comment below to help other Mums! I hope you found this useful.This section gives you information about legally changing a child's name by court order. He began finishing all of his bottles, went back to drinking 8-9oz during each feed and was also back to feeding every four hours. He became generally more content, probably because he was not always on the edge of hunger and he started sleeping a lot better during the day as well. Manages to finish the bottle but then projectile vomits everywhere.Īs soon as we replaced Dexter’s teats, we saw a huge change in him.Clamps mouth shut or pushes bottle away and refuses to feed.More milk ends up spilling out of the mouth than is swallowed.What are the signs that the teat flow is too fast? Baby finishes the whole bottle and in record time.Most of the milk is being swallowed perhaps with a little escaping here and there.Below I have listed some of the things to look out for: What are the signs you have the right sized teat? If you think your baby is ready for the next sized teat there’s no harm in trying it. He began grunting during bottles I thought it was because he was windy, so I’d stop and burp him, but now I realise it’s because he was getting frustrated that his milk wasn’t coming fast enough. I thought he was teething! Making lots of noise during feeds I was trying to hold off on giving him the sixth bottle if I could help it so he started waking at 3am for the food he needed. He started waking in the night. The poor kid was probably starving. He went from having a bottle four hourly to wanting it three hourly. Going less time between feedsĭexter started going less time between feeds. Again, all fits in the above. We recently had a clock change and I thought it was down to the early nights as he had started to want to go to sleep earlier. He wasn’t getting enough milk during the day so he needed an extra bottle in the evening. Wanting more bottles during the dayĭexter started wanting six bottles instead of five per day. Now I realise he was probably getting sick of sucking on a teat that was too small for him. Let’s look at each in turn: Reduction in the amount baby is feeding at each feedĭexter reduced the amount he was feeding per session by 2-3oz. This started happening around the time I started weaning him and I presumed his little belly was full from the fruit purees he was eating. Reduction in the amount baby is feeding at each feed.The key signs baby needs a faster flow teats are: Milk had spilled everywhere, he had choked, gagged, spat out the milk and finally started clamping his mouth shut.Īfter this experience, I decided after reading online that many babies don’t need to increase the teat size that he must be ones of those babies, but then, not long later, Dexter started displaying a few key signs that he was indeed ready to move up to a faster flowing teat.Īt first, I put many of these signs down to him having a growth spurt, going through a leap or general baby -grumpiness, but after an epiphany one evening, I suddenly discovered that actually he would benefit from moving up to a bigger teat size! So, what are the signs baby needs a faster flow teat? What are the signs baby needs a faster flow teat? I had previously attempted to change him to the bigger teats around a month before, but had failed spectacularly. When should you change the teat size?ĭexter was around six months old when I changed the teats in his bottle from size 2 to size 3. Find out more about our experience in changing Dexter’s teat size and the signs that showed us he was ready. Wondering when to change teat size? Not sure if your baby is ready? There are a few key signs baby needs a faster flow teat. ![]()
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