the baby is taking its feeder

[Untaught88]

The baby is taking its feeder.
She (the baby) is taking her feeder.

Are these sentences correct when we mean to say that the baby is drinking milk from the feeder?

 

[teechar]

What do you mean by "feeder"? Do you mean bottle or bib?

 

[Skrej]

We normally associate 'feeder' with animals, which allows bulk feeding of multiple animals. Sometimes they're even automated.




Although I did find this prank gift, which shows a baby drinking milk from a feeder:


Seems like a great baby shower gift!

 

[Charlottee]

We normally associate 'feeder' with animals, pets which allows bulk feeding of multiple animals. Sometimes they're even automated.

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Although I did find this prank gift, which shows a baby drinking milk from a feeder:

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Seems like a great baby shower gift!

it is really a great tool for us to have time to take care of our family

 

[teechar]

it is really a great tool for us to have time to take care of our family

That is not natural. What do you mean by it?

 

[PeterCW]

What do you mean by "feeder"? Do you mean bottle or bib?

As a native BrE speaker and parent I would use feeder to mean a cup with a lid and spout that is given to children to use themselves as they start to be weaned.

 

[emsr2d2]

As a native BrE speaker and parent I would use feeder to mean a cup with a lid and spout that is given to children to use themselves as they start to be weaned.

Those seem to be commonly called "sippy cups" too.

 

[Skrej]

As a native BrE speaker and parent I would use feeder to mean a cup with a lid and spout that is given to children to use themselves as they start to be weaned

Variations of those are what came up in a Google image search, but I was surprised to see them called such.

Those seem to be commonly called "sippy cups" too.

Yes, that's what I know them as rather than the aforementioned 'feeder' results.

 

[Untaught88]

I thought it was called "feeder". I looked it up in a dictionary. It's called "bottle".

The baby is bottle-feeding.
I'll bottle-feed the baby when she wakes up.

Are these sentences correct?

 

[Skrej]

They're grammatical, but not how we'd normally talk about the action of a baby drinking from a bottle. As far as I know, we generally just use the term 'bottle feeding' to refer to the stage or process. It means they're still nursing, and haven't progressed to solid or semi-solid food yet.

Our baby is still bottle-feeding. She isn't ready for baby food just yet.
I'm bottle-feeding a couple of orphaned lambs.


We don't necessarily need to mention the bottle, but I think you're looking for something like the following:
The baby's nursing.
The baby's eating.
The baby's drinking her bottle. (Sometimes we say 'eating')
I'll feed the baby when she gets up.
I'll give the baby her bottle when she gets up.

Other variations are possible.

 

[Untaught88]

Do you mean "The baby is eating her bottle"?

 

[Skrej]

Yes, although obviously she's not eating the bottle itself.

We'll say thing like 'The baby's eating well' or 'She wants to eat again', even when they're still technically just drinking.

 

[Rover_KE]

My niece says she never used 'eating' at all in this context. She'd only say 'feeding' or 'taking her bottle', and she says that, to her, 'nursing' means 'breastfeeding'— whether the baby was taking the milk or the mother was giving it.

(Further reading – Midwifery for Dummies by Ida Bertha Day).

 

[Untaught88]

Are these sentences correct?

The baby is taking her bottle.
The baby is feeding. In this sentence "her bottle" can't be used. Am I right?

 

[Tarheel]

I think they are both OK.

No, you can't say the baby is feeding her bottle.