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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1798010" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>My thinking is that if it is sucking on fingers, it hasn't nursed.</p><p>I have had a few over the years that seemed like when you'd go to tube them it would get just a little ways and it felt as though it was blocked. </p><p>It's been a while, I think I just kept gently trying. Ideally I'll put some mineral oil on the tube, my wife has improvised with vegetable oil. It's a delicate balance I try not to force it down but put a little pressure and work with it as gently as possible. I think I've eventually got the tube down all but one. </p><p>There's a possibility that it might take a bottle if it sucked on your fingers. I'm suspecting though that it may not take much from a bottle but maybe it would at least get a little if you can't get the tube down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1798010, member: 24816"] My thinking is that if it is sucking on fingers, it hasn’t nursed. I have had a few over the years that seemed like when you’d go to tube them it would get just a little ways and it felt as though it was blocked. It’s been a while, I think I just kept gently trying. Ideally I’ll put some mineral oil on the tube, my wife has improvised with vegetable oil. It’s a delicate balance I try not to force it down but put a little pressure and work with it as gently as possible. I think I’ve eventually got the tube down all but one. There’s a possibility that it might take a bottle if it sucked on your fingers. I’m suspecting though that it may not take much from a bottle but maybe it would at least get a little if you can’t get the tube down. [/QUOTE]
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