My exclusively breastfed 2 1/2 month old baby girl had her first bottle at about 7 weeks and she drank it without any problem. Now that it is almost time for me to return to work she won't take a bottle at all. Any advice for good bottles to try, or tricks that have worked for you would be appreciated.
have someone else try it when you are not around. My baby girl would take a bottle from anyone but me and did it with more enthusiasm when I was not at home. If you are not there and she is hungry, she will most likely take it.
She knows where the good stuff is now:) Have someone else do it, daddy, big sister, whomever. You may even have to leave the room/house. Have whoever it is, wrap her or the bottle in a shirt of yours so she can smell you.
You can also try "cup feeding" from a real cup, or use a sippy cup with no valve or a straw cup like the Nubby cup. Using a straw is the closest thing to breastfeeding there is.
Don't worry to much. Babies at that age don't starve themselves. She may go through a couple hungry days at daycare, but she will take the bottle when she realizes she has no other choice.
Good Luck:)
HI B.. I had the same problem with my daughter. I tried the playtex bottles (with the drop-in's) and the brown kind of flesh colored nipples. She really liked those. They are soft just like your nipple and they get the same suction and grip. I had to try different flows before she really took to it. Good luck! N.
You can't be any where around when someone tries to give her the bottle. Have them wear a shirt you have worn so that it has your scent on it. The bottle may need to be a little warmer than you would think, it should be body temp. My husband had trouble getting the boys to take a bottle, but we like the Playtex nurser. He could squeeze milk into their mouth while they were crying so they would get the taste of it, and realize there was milk in that strange nipple. WE also used older baby nipples because they had a faster flow rate, similar to your let-down flow.
I hope this helps. Enjoy your time you have left with your precious daughter.
R.
my niece only took a soft-nippled sippy cup-- never a bottle, you could try that. also, put breastmilk in it, not formula... then at least it will taste familiar
My daughter went through a phase when she wouldn't take a bottle. I spoke with a lactation consultant and she said to have someone else offer the bottle and have them offer it to her 10-15 min before her scheduled feeding. That way she wouldn't be so hungry and she wouldn't get so upset that it wasn't me. It worked for us.
Also, my cousin uses the bottle that is shaped like a breast and her son does well with it. Hope this helps. Good luck.
A.
Definately have someone else feed her the bottle. I would totally leave the room too. Or even go somewhere for a little bit. My 4 month old still gets stubborn about taking a bottle while I'm at work. But like one of the other mamas said, if they're hungry enough they'll take it. We just use yer old classic glass bottles. Try different bottles though, that probably would make it a bit easier. Like I said though, don't expect her to take a bottle from you. And yes, def. use breastmilk (you probably are I know, it's just that this can be hard huh).
We had the same problem with our first child. Don't try to give them the Try to have someone else do it for you. Try MANY different bottles. We probably had 3-6 different types with different nipples until we knew what our son would do.
In the end, when they are hungry, they will be fine and will eat from the bottle. It's much harder on us than it is them. The DayCare people are probably so used to it, everything will be fine.
Good luck.
Keep trying would be my first suggestion. One of my son's, who didn't like a bottle at all, did better if someone besides me gave it to him. Try having your husband and children, grandparents, etc. giving her the bottle.
Get the Adiri Breastbottle Nurser. It is actually shaped like a breast and it feels natural too. My breastfed daughter would take this bottle from my when she was a week old. She couldn't tell the difference. It was a lifesaver.
You need to have someone else give her the bottle..how about your 14 year old? We use Advent and love them. My advice is dont buy any more than 6 of them. I bought waaaay too many than we needed.
