The Know-how: Paced Feeding | Tommee Tippee UK

JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser.

The Know-how.

Paced Feeding

Start your journey from “how to” to “know how”. Read, save, and share this super simple paced feeding guide with other parents.

Mother holding baby and feeding her milk from a Natural Start glass bottle

What is paced feeding?
_

Paced feeding means letting your baby take the lead and decide when they're full.

It's sometimes referred to as "responsive" or "on demand" feeding, and means that you're following your baby's cues and putting them in control of the speed of their feed.

Mother holding baby and feeding her milk from a Natural Start glass bottle

What is paced feeding?
_

Paced feeding means letting your baby take the lead and decide when they're full.

It's sometimes referred to as "responsive" or "on demand" feeding, and means that you're following your baby's cues and putting them in control of the speed of their feed.

Slow and steady.
_

Paced feeding mimics the stop-start motion of breastfeeding and gives them the chance to check in on their own appetite.

Line drawing of Natural Start baby bottle with milk coming out of the teat

Line drawing of Natural Start baby bottle with milk coming out of the teat

Dealing with colic.
_

Paced feeding mimics the stop-start motion of breastfeeding and gives them the chance to check in on their own appetite.

Close up of parent holding an Advanced Anti-Colic baby bottle in their hand

Natural comfort.
_

Using a bottle teat with a slower flow that resembles a real-life nipple when paced feeding will mimic the flow of breast milk from the breast.

Our soft silicone bottle teats flex and stretch like a breast, and allow your baby to feed comfortably at their own natural pace.

Close up of parent holding an Advanced Anti-Colic baby bottle in their hand

Natural comfort.
_

Using a bottle teat with a slower flow that resembles a real-life nipple when paced feeding will mimic the flow of breast milk from the breast.

Our soft silicone bottle teats flex and stretch like a breast, and allow your baby to feed comfortably at their own natural pace.

Tommee Tippee tagline "You've got this. We've got you".

*tommeetippee.com/verify