bottlefeeder

See also: bottle-feeder and bottle feeder

English

Alternative forms

• bottle-feeder
• bottle feeder

Etymology

From bottle +‎ feeder.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bottlefeeder (plural bottlefeeders)

1. One who feeds an infant or baby animal with a bottle.
   • 1982, Máire Messenger, The Breastfeeding Book, Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN, page 15:

     One group of researchers (see page 11) have found that at eight days breastfeeders were more likely than bottlefeeders to kiss, rock and touch their babies while feeding and to talk to the babies between sucking bouts, […]

   • 1995, Peggy Robin, Bottlefeeding Without Guilt: A Reassuring Guide for Loving Parents, Prima, →ISBN, page 68:

     No matter how strong a mother's reason, there is always someone ready to second-guess her, though they may at the same time deny that that's what they're doing — as in this case of on-line criticism of a bottlefeeder by her breastfeeding in-law: […]

   • 2005, Andy Steiner, Spilled Milk: Breastfeeding Adventures and Advice from Less-Than-Perfect Moms‎^[1], Rodale, →ISBN, page xv:

     For Mary, the hardest part about the experience was the feeling of failure and her perception that other mothers thought of her as a "lazy bottlefeeder."

See also

• breastfeeder