no bottles at doctor


considering that dr appts are not a speedy thing, how could they say no baby bottles? what dr would ever recommend to deprive a baby of nutrition? but i agree with you about older kids unless they have a sippy cup that doesnt spill. my daughter also has to drink about 80 ounces a day or she cannot digest... so I dare a dr to tell me I cannot give her some juice... well, I just wouldnt go back!
Quoting Alyia72:If that's the case then my pediatricians office broke the law several times they even helped us feed our triplets several times. I guess we were just special lol.. that and my BIL is a nurse there. I wouldn't go to a pediatrician with such a dumb rule for an infant I can see saying no food or drink for older kids but an infant needs to eat every so many hrs our girls HAD to be fed every two hrs at first even at night we had to wake them because they were premature and the NICU had them on a schedule. But they always did all three in the same visit and it took like three hrs they had to eat towards the end of the appointment.
Quoting Anonymous:Actually, that is NOT the reason... it is an OSHA law that no food or drinks are allowed in Dr offices. Most only enforce it in the exam rooms though.
Quoting jillbailey26:They don't want kids eating before their appointment. Part of the check up is them looking at their teeth, mouth, and throat. Some kids gag. If they've just been given something to eat, they could throw up all over the place.

I can't feed my infant,neither can you.
Quoting Anonymous:
Well I guarantee no other child is getting my breast milk. The same cant be said about bottles and such. I've seen kids try to use other kids bottles and cups.
Your kid didn't need juice

There is also the matter of germs. As your kid is throwing their bottle all over the floor in a place that sick people come, and then picking it up and popping it in their mouth while you sit and play on your phone, they are picking up those germs.
I can also guarantee that my breast isn't falling on the floor.
Quoting Anonymous:
And I can guarantee that nobodys children could get my kids bottle.
I can't feed my infant,neither can you.
Quoting Anonymous:
Well I guarantee no other child is getting my breast milk. The same cant be said about bottles and such. I've seen kids try to use other kids bottles and cups.
Your kid didn't need juice

Also where are these children just tossing bottles all over the place? I have a 9 amd 2yr old and last time I checked they don't throw their things on the floor.
Like I said, my baby can't eat well then yours can wait as well.
Quoting Anonymous:There is also the matter of germs. As your kid is throwing their bottle all over the floor in a place that sick people come, and then picking it up and popping it in their mouth while you sit and play on your phone, they are picking up those germs.
I can also guarantee that my breast isn't falling on the floor.
Quoting Anonymous:
And I can guarantee that nobodys children could get my kids bottle.
I can't feed my infant,neither can you.
Quoting Anonymous:
Well I guarantee no other child is getting my breast milk. The same cant be said about bottles and such. I've seen kids try to use other kids bottles and cups.
Your kid didn't need juice

Quoting TaralynnStewart:
I would have walked out and not wasted anymore of my time
- LovelyMommy24
on Jan. 17, 2013 at 11:38 PM