bottle-fed infant

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• bottle-fed — adjective (of an infant) given milk from a bottle • Ant: ↑breast fed …   Useful english dictionary

• bottle baby — noun : a baby fed chiefly or wholly on the bottle as contrasted with a baby that is chiefly or wholly breast fed * * * an infant fed by bottle from birth, as distinguished from one who is breast fed. [1890 95] * * * bottle baby, 1. an infant who… …   Useful english dictionary

• bottle-feed — /bot l feed /, v., bottle fed, bottle feeding. v.t. 1. to nurse or feed (an infant or young animal) with milk or other nourishment from a nursing bottle. 2. to nurture or teach with exaggerated care: We had to bottle feed the new salesman on how… …   Universalium

• Infant formula — An infant being fed from a baby bottle. Infant formula is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prepared for bottle feeding or cup feeding from powder (mixed with water) or… …   Wikipedia

• Infant formula — A substitute for breast milk for feeding infants. Pediatricians generally advise exclusively breastfeeding (that is, breastfeeding with no formula) for all full term, healthy infants for the first 6 months of life. However, many infants are… …   Medical dictionary

• bottle baby — an infant fed by bottle from birth, as distinguished from one who is breast fed. [1890 95] * * * …   Universalium

• bottle-feed — bot·tle feed bät əl .fēd vt, fed; feed·ing to feed (an infant) from a bottle rather than by breast feeding …   Medical dictionary

• bottle — A container for liquids. Mariotte b. a stoppered b. with bottom outlet, used as a reservoir for constant infusions; air enters only by bubbling through a tube extending down through the stopper almost to the bottom; a partial vacuum thus supports …   Medical dictionary

• bottle-feed — transitive verb ( fed; feeding) Date: circa 1865 to feed (as an infant) with a bottle …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• breast-fed — adjective (of an infant) fed milk from the mother s breast • Ant: ↑bottle fed • Similar to: ↑nursed, ↑suckled * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : fed from a mother s breast differences between breast fed and bottle fed babies …   Useful english dictionary

• Baby bottle — A baby bottle is a bottle with a teat (also called a nipple in the US) to drink directly from. It is typically used when a mother does not breastfeed, or if someone can not (as conveniently) drink from a cup, for feeding oneself or being fed.In… …   Wikipedia