Bottle Feeding - Omaha,NE

My son takes the Adiri bottles (look like a boob really) but the company just went bankrupt the end of October. You can still find these bottles on Ebay or babies R us might still have them on the shelves too. They are a little pricey, but really look and feel like a breast. Here's a link.

http://www.babyuniverse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3...

Good luck!!

babies often go on "strike" when there is a transition.

the good news is; she will eventually take to the bottle, whether she does it reluctantly or not. the bad news? there might be a few rough days before she gives in. DO NOT panic that shes not getting enough to eat. what will likely happen is that she will take limited amounts while you are gone, and she will want to nurse a lot when you are home. there is nothing wrong with that, and at her age you should NOT deny her ANY time she wnats to nurse. this is important, though exhausting.

try sleeping together. this worked for me and my son. we didnt start this until he was over 2 months old, but when i did, i never looked back. you barely wake up when baby needs to nurse, theres no crying or screaming, baby just gets on there and nurses and you both go back to sleep. its beautiful. :)

if sleeping in the same bed is uncomfortable for you, try just putting her bed in your room next to your bed. then you dont have to get out of bed. the temperature of our feet is sometimes what can get us and keep us awake. being able to get baby while staying in bed is going to help you tremendously.

www.askdrsears.com
www.llli.org - search for a la leche league group in your area or nearby town. it is so worth it. they will have real moms there who have likely been in your place, and will be able to comfort you and help you out with everything from this issue, to my issue that i had when my son was about 16 months; milk coming out his nose!! LOL

anyway, dont do things with myanna just because they worked with your other 2 kids. myanna is her own person. she has her own needs nad her own personality. be sensitive to that. whatever you need to do, dont feel shamed or guilty. follow your heart. typically, us moms already know the answer to our problems, we just get afraid to follow through because of all the "experts" out there who tell us we cant do things a certain way. let me tell you that YOU are the expert on your child. your child does not have the same set of needs as anyone else. you have to be the one who makes the decision about sleeping, crying it out (please dont!), feeding, everything. and you will be the one who has to deal with your choices. not the doctor, not your parents or inlaws, not me, YOU. so YOU are the one who makes the final call. follow your heart, not some "expert". you are the expert!

Have you tried the NUK brand of bottles/nipples? they're designed to be very similar to the breast and our daughter took them a lot easier than normal bottles.

Our son never ended up taking a bottle...... (Although we farm so I was home with him and able to nurse at all times and this wasn't a problem.)

I've heard that if an infant won't take the bottle, either spoon feed them milk or use a sippy cup with NO spill proof piece inside so the milk will come out when tipped. She should drink enough to be satified this way. BUT keep in mind that many infants will switch around their days and nights so they can nurse often at night when you are home!

Good luck and congrats on choosing breastfeeding for your baby!

If he (I assume it's your hubby and not you who's been trying to get her on the bottle)has been trying to keep the bootle experience similair to the breast experience (same position, etc) tell him to try to make it as DIFFERENT as possible (sit baby up facing out, or some other new position)

My dad is the PRO at getting breast babies to take bottles and he says they're in 2 camps-- they either want as close or as different an experience as possible!

My daughter was the same way when I was planning on going back to school when she was 6 wks old. Talked to my doctor and he said go to school as planned and she'll eat when she gets hungry. He was right. As long as I wasn't around she'd take a bottle from others. Now the down side was she switched her day and night eating schedule around. She'd take 1-2 bottles during the day then wake every 2-3 hours at night to breast feed. Yea I didn't get much sleep but it was worth it. I finished my education and she got mom to herself in the wee hours of the morning and now 27 years later we are both alive and well.

It will work out in time. Best of luck.

I had a similar problem w/ my son. I ended up finding some nipples that were very soft and were supposedly more like a mother's breast. I was also told to try sippy cups. Didn't work for him, but those nipples did the trick. I wish I could remember what brand they were - but that was 7 years ago :-) We had some rough times when he wouldn't take anything but I think they won't starve themselves. I think the nipples were made by the same company that made the Lanolin cream I used and I found them right next to the cream at the store I bought the cream at. Not sure if that's any help - but good luck. Congrats on your baby girl too :-) -- and, keep it up. I swear today that because I kept up the breast feeding they are much healthier than their peers.