What Is Prop Feeding

Bottle propping is when you lean a baby’s bottle on a pillow or other support to feed your baby hands-free rather than holding both them and the bottle. Bottle propping makes it easy to focus on something besides your baby. It may lead to milk or formula pooling in their mouth, which can be dangerous.

What does Prop feeding mean?

Bottle propping, or prop feeding, is where a baby is left with their bottle ‘propped’ in their mouth before they are able to hold the bottle themselves. … Always supervise your baby during feeding.

Is it bad to prop babies up?

Sitting babies up prematurely prevents them from rolling, twisting, scooting, or doing much of anything else. When an infant is placed in this position before she is able to attain it independently, she usually cannot get out of it without falling, which does not encourage a sense of security or physical confidence.