Opens mouth prior to nipple touching the mouth.

Materials required :
Bottle with feed, nipple topped.

Activity :

Seat yourself comfortably.

Place child on your lap, holding him in a slightly inclined posture with your arm around him.
Or place child in a convenient position near you.
Get his feed ready before he gets distressed with acute hunger.
Play with child for a while.
Show him the bottle, nipple towards him.

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Seat yourself comfortably near child. Show him the bottle, nipple near mouth. When child brings near bottle allow some play. Wait for child to open mouth on seeing bottle.

Ask him "Do you want your milk?"
If child brings mouth towards bottle, place nipple in mouth.
If not, slowly brush child's lips with the nipple.
Gently stroke child's cheeks in a circular motion.
When child brings his arms close to grasping the bottle. allow some play with the bottle.
When Child makes an attempt to reach the bottle put the nipple in his mouth for his feed.
Remove it after a while.
Wait for child to open his mouth.
Then put it in again.
Do this activity every time you feed child so that he opens his mouth as soon as he sees the bottle.
Gradually lesson touching of the mouth with nipple, as child opens mouth to receive the feed.

( Note: Adapt this activity suitably if you are breast feeding your child)