bottle-feed

Use a nipple

To bottle-feed is to feed an infant or young animal with milk or formula from a bottle rather than from the breast.

The term applies to both human babies and animals: She bottle-fed the orphaned lamb.

Bottle-fed as an adjective describes someone raised this way: a bottle-fed baby.

infancy

formula

Fixed method or notation

warm · cradle · newborn · pacifier · diapers · bassinet · nursery · swaddle · onesie · teething

nutrition

formula

Fixed method or notation

minerals · proteins · calories · hydration · fortified · enriched · supplement · ounces · satiation · growth

nurturing

bonding

Forming close connections

skin-to-skin · soothing · rocking · caregiver · attentiveness · patience · gentleness · tenderness · warmth · snuggling

animal-rearing

orphan

Child whose parents died

  • lambJuvenile sheep
  • calfJuvenile cow or leg part
  • kittenJuvenile domestic feline

puppy · piglet · foal · wildlife · rescue · surrogate · colostrum · dropper · syringe · rehabilitate

Opposites
infant feeding method

bottle-feedbreastfeed

Nurse an infant naturally

nurse · suckle · breast-feed · wet-nurse · latch

Family

feed, bottle, feeding, feeder, bottle-fed, bottle-feeder

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G