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Hi coco
I see from one of your posts that you have been going from breastfeeding to bottle feeding. If i remeber correctly, you had real trouble getting LO to take a bottle, so can i ask how you managed to acheive this? My LO is now 5 months, and I have 7 weeks until i go back to work (only part time to start though) and i really need to get her to take a bottle. she used to take Mam ones, but rejected these after 2 weeks. If i wasnt going back to work then I would quite happily keep purely to the breast
thanks
I see from one of your posts that you have been going from breastfeeding to bottle feeding. If i remeber correctly, you had real trouble getting LO to take a bottle, so can i ask how you managed to acheive this? My LO is now 5 months, and I have 7 weeks until i go back to work (only part time to start though) and i really need to get her to take a bottle. she used to take Mam ones, but rejected these after 2 weeks. If i wasnt going back to work then I would quite happily keep purely to the breast
thanks
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Yes, Sam was completely bottle phobic! He took one at 2 weeks, then 6 weeks, then when we tried again at 4 months he wasn't having any of it. We tried everything: different bottles, different temperatures, other people giving it etc but nothing worked. He took a NUK bottle for a week then stopped. I really don't think it's the type of bottle but the fact that it's not boob! Anyway, I gave up trying as it was too stressful, then when I tried again at 8.5 months he just suddenly seemed happy to take it. This time, MAM bottles. I think my supply had diminished and he wasn't satisfied by me anymore, who knows?
So I'm no help really, as nothing I tried worked, it just happened by itself. It's very stressful though, isn't it? Particularly if you're going back to work. Not sure what to suggest. Maybe you could have a trial day where you go out the whole time and leave bottles with whoever is looking after your LO, and see what happens? If there is no other option she might take it, although there will be a lot of tears - not easy. ( Other people have suggested using a cup, but Sam never took enough from one.
Good luck whatever you do. xx