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Baby wont take a bottle!! Help please!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi All,
Ruby is 15 weeks old and I have breastfed her from day one. I am due back at work soon sadly and she will have to go to a childminder. The problem is that she wont take a bottle, not with expressed breast milk nor with formula. We have tried it with hubby feeding her and all the usual tricks etc to no avail. I dont want to have to try a feeder cup as I feel she is too young and it will be too much hassle for all concerned. I am getting rather deperate now and my life is quite restricted as I cant go anywhere without her for too long.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ann.:\?
Ruby is 15 weeks old and I have breastfed her from day one. I am due back at work soon sadly and she will have to go to a childminder. The problem is that she wont take a bottle, not with expressed breast milk nor with formula. We have tried it with hubby feeding her and all the usual tricks etc to no avail. I dont want to have to try a feeder cup as I feel she is too young and it will be too much hassle for all concerned. I am getting rather deperate now and my life is quite restricted as I cant go anywhere without her for too long.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ann.:\?
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Found this link for you too http://www.babycenter.com/404_how-can-i-teach-my-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle_3177.bc
Good Luck!
Gill
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I know wot ur goin thru, i had a nite mare tryin to get my lo to take a bottle, she would scream and cry and turn away then i'd get upset and cry andwe'd jst both b sat there cryin!
I posted on here 4 sum advice but the main thing was perseverance really (as hard as it is), and eventually she started to take them adn now she's guzzlin 9oz bottles!
Will find the post and bump it up 4 u.
Good luck back at work
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Sorry I can't be of any help.
She is coming up to 8 months now and along with her solids she has bf morning and night and a bottle with formula in the afternoon.
Good Luck xx
my lo refused a bottle at first - we just kept on trying. Try turning the teat in her mouth - I find that encourages little man when he's in a mood. Different teats can also help - they certaimly have preferences.
Just been to pantomime and left Ruby with her Dad .... still wouldn'ttouch the bottle, she was ravenous when I got home! xxx
My DS is also coming up to 15 weeks and have a spa day planned for Saturday and am having exactly the same problem. I expressed regularly during the early days with the plan to use a bottle now and again. He screamed the house down the first time but then lapped up 6oz at about 6 weeks the next time we tried it.
We tried again yesterday and he wouldn't take it at all and screamed and screamed. I hid in the bathroom but it was awful. We then tried again today but with less pressure but again to no avail although he eventually took a bit from a spoon.
I was wondering if the fact that I'd mixed freshly expressed milk with thawed milk might have had something to do with it as it did have a smell to it. Has anyone else noticed this?
At the moment my Mum is going to drive him down for me to feed during the day - what a nightmare. I know it's selfish but I was really looking forward to a day to myself.
Am going to stick at it this week, just with an 1oz at a time so as not to waste any.....wish me luck!