INTRO TO BOTTLE FEEDING CLASS

Feeding your baby seems easy enough, until you're home wondering how often, how much, and why they won't stop crying after the bottle.

Taught by Stacia Paganelli, Infant Feeding Consultant, this class is for both expectant parents and for parents in the newborn period who are currently bottle feeding or breastfeeding and would like more expert guidance and knowledge around bottle feeding their baby.

This class will provide an outline of the various approaches to bottle feeding, important skills needed for feeding as well as related developmental milestones.

Find a Class

This 1.5 hour workshop takes place from 6:30 - 8 PM. Choose the date that works for you:

August 3, 2026
November 9, 2026

CLASS FEE
$65 (includes you and your partner, or support person)

In this 90-minute class, you will learn how to feel more confident with bottle feeding as we cover this list of possible topics, depending on the needs and questions of the group:

Unexpected changes in feeding goals or plans
Feeding as co-regulation
Best bottle feeding guidelines
Pacifiers
Baby's temperament and how it can impact feeding
How much and how often; understanding how that's decided
Common feeding struggles; suck/swallow/breathe incoordination, gas, reflux, sensitivities, falling asleep during feeding, over/under feeding, poor state regulation (lack of feeding cues), slow weight gain, milk leaking from mouth when bottle feeding

Choosing a bottle system/nipple flow for exclusively bottlefed babies and/or breastfed babies that will also need to take a bottle
Breast and Bottlefeeding strategies when triple feeding (breastfeeding, bottle feeding and pumping) is needed.
Choosing a formula if needed
How bottlefeeding evolves over time; amounts, frequency, intro to solids, transition to cup.

Intro to Bottle Feeding Instructor

Intro to Solids class Instructor Stacia Paganelli Help with Feeding 1

Stacia Paganelli, Speech Pathologist, Lactation Counselor, Infant Feeding Specialist

Help With Feeding is a private practice focusing on providing infant feeding wellness, preventative, and therapeutic services with the focus on both the mother and baby. Owner and Infant Feeding Specialist, Stacia Paganelli, is a speech pathologist, lactation counselor, and infant family specialist. She offers personalized 1:1 sessions for families, small group opportunities, and online parent courses in addition to the class at BBC. Stacia is passionate about supporting family wellness as both parents and baby navigate early feeding experiences and transitions.