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A method and device for providing a child in a crib, with self access to a feeding bottle. A retaining receptacle, preferably insulative, for a baby bottle is provided with an open top and of an inner dimension suitable for accepting and retaining a baby bottle therein for child removal of the bottl

A method and device for providing a child in a crib, with self access to a feeding bottle. A retaining receptacle, preferably insulative, for a baby bottle is provided with an open top and of an inner dimension suitable for accepting and retaining a baby bottle therein for child removal of the bottle by either lifting or tilting and dragging it out. The receptacle is provided with a releasable fastening element or elements such as hook and eye fasteners to enable the retaining receptacle to be securely fastened to one or more fixed position crib elements such as upright bars, slats or the frame to fixedly hold the retaining receptacle in an upright position at a position in the crib adjacent and accessible to a child placed therein.

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1. A method for providing a child in a crib with self feeding access to an elongated feeding baby bottle, with the crib comprising: at least one side enclosure wall comprised of at least one vertically extending bar element, anda mattress being located adjacent the base of the side enclosure wall an

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A method for providing a child in a crib with self feeding access to an elongated feeding baby bottle, with the crib comprising: at least one side enclosure wall comprised of at least one vertically extending bar element, anda mattress being located adjacent the base of the side enclosure wall and extending within the crib in a direction substantially perpendicular thereto, with the child being placed on the mattress, the method comprising the steps of: a) fastening an elongated feeding baby bottle retaining receptacle, having a closed bottom and an open top, to the at least one vertically extending bar element on the inside of the crib with a releasable fastening element at a vertical position adjacent the mattress and adjacent the child placed therein, the retaining receptacle comprising a baby bottle retaining portion having the open top and an inner dimension of the retaining portion suitable for accepting and retaining the baby bottle with feeding fluid therein, in an upright position;b) positioning and fastening the retaining receptacle with the releasable fastening element in an upright position with the open top being accessible for placement of the feeding bottle into the retaining receptacle in said upright position; andc) placing the elongated feeding baby bottle, with feeding fluid therein, into the retaining receptacle in an upright position, with the baby bottle being at a position of the crib adjacent and accessible to a child placed therein, whereby a child is able to remove the bottle from the receptacle to enable it to self feed itself and wherein the retaining receptacle comprises walls which are spaced from the baby bottle, when placed therein, by a distance sufficient for the child to tilt the bottle and drag it out of the receptacle. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein a height of the walls of the retaining receptacle is configured to prevent the bottle placed within the receptacle from falling out of the receptacle when tilted and the height being less than that of the bottle by an amount sufficient to permit the child to tilt and drag the bottle out of the receptacle. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the releasable fastening element or elements is provided to the retaining receptacle by being passed through the wall of the receptacle into the receptacle at one point and passed through the wall of the receptacle out of the receptacle at a second point. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the retaining receptacle is comprised of a soft outer surface configured to prevent harm to the child upon child contact therewith. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the retaining receptacle is comprised of a curved outer surface without sharp edges to prevent harm to the child upon child contact therewith. 6. The method of claim 3, wherein the releasable fastening element comprises at least one strip, comprised of fabric with one side having hooks and the other side having eyes. 7. The method of claim 4, wherein the retaining receptacle is comprised of an insulating material. 8. A receptacle device configured for upright attachment of an elongated feeding baby bottle to a crib providing self feeding access to the elongated feeding baby bottle with feeding fluid therein, the receptacle device having a receptacle retaining portion with an open top and a closed bottom and an inner dimension of the retaining portion configured for accepting and retaining the baby bottle in an upright position, with walls of the retaining portion of the receptacle device being spaced from the feeding baby bottle when placed therein, by a distance wherein tilting the feeding baby bottle allows the feeding baby bottle to be removed from the receptacle device for self feeding; the receptacle device further comprising at least one releasable fastening element configured for releasable attachment to a fixed position element of the crib within the crib, with the receptacle device being further configured to be releasably attached to the fixed position element in the upright position with the open top being accessible for placement of the feeding baby bottle therein and with the receptacle device being adjacent a mattress within the crib; with the crib comprising:at least one side enclosure wall comprised of at least one vertically extending bar element which comprises the fixed position element, and the mattress being located adjacent the base of the side enclosure wall and extending within the crib in a direction substantially perpendicular thereto, and wherein a child is placed on the mattress adjacent the receptacle device. 9. The receptacle device of claim 8, wherein a height of the walls of the retaining receptacle is configured to prevent the bottle placed within the receptacle from falling out of the receptacle when tilted and the height being less than that of the bottle by an amount sufficient to permit the child to tilt and drag the bottle out of the receptacle. 10. The receptacle device of claim 8, wherein the releasable fastening element is provided to the retaining receptacle by being passed through the wall of the receptacle into the receptacle at one point and passed through the wall of the receptacle and out of the receptacle at a second point. 11. The receptacle device of claim 8, wherein the retaining receptacle is comprised of a soft outer surface configured to prevent harm to the child upon child contact therewith. 12. The receptacle device of claim 8, wherein the retaining receptacle is comprised of a curved outer surface without sharp edges to prevent harm to the child upon child contact therewith. 13. The receptacle device of claim 10, wherein the releasable fastening element comprises at least one strip comprised of fabric with one side having hooks and the other side having eyes. 14. The receptacle device of claim 8, wherein the retaining receptacle is comprised of an insulating material. 15. The method of claim 1 wherein the baby bottle is positioned within the crib whereby a child is able, while in a lying position, to remove the bottle from the receptacle to enable it to self feed itself.