Luc Isn't Taking the Bottle or Pacifier

Try a different kind of bottle, my 1st was pickey about bottles, he was a good 3 days old before we found a bottle he would take, they were Gerber Nuk bottles. We tried atleast 7 or 8 different kinds, from the expensive Dr. Browns, Avent, Born Free, to the cheaper Soothie, Playtex, and Evenflo. He never took a pacifier, as much as I tried. I wouldn't push the issue, my 2nd is 17 months old and I am dreading breaking her of her "binky" I wish she was like her brother and never took one.

My first born was a preemie so he was too weak at first to nurse and learned to use the bottle and breast and would take either, he transitioned to sippy cup and daycare at 10 months with no problem and weaned easily too. He didn't care what the milk was delivered in as long as he got some!
His baby sister is another story...she only wants boob - -took the occaisional bottle if we were out in public an she was in her stroller but at 5 months refused it with no going back.
When she was born - lazy nurses in the hospital gave her bottles while I was sleeping instad of waking me up, so of course she wanted formula because it was easier. I struggled for 24 hours of her screaming to get her to take the breast. Then I was afraid to give her a bottle - didn't want to end up a slave to the breast pump. At 2 months I tried to get her to take bottles - just in case - it was a 3 day fight. I felt terrible - but it kinda worked.
*sigh* I'm a SAHM so it's not a huge deal - but I cannot go anywhere without her for more than 2-3 hours.
Neither of my kids liked pacifiers - but they both have a very special stuffed animal they use to comfort themselves. I introduced the "comfort item" at about 4 months old - washed it and removed the tags and then slept with it in my T-shirt for 2 weeks so it would smell like me.
SO, I've made peace with the lack of bottles and pacifiers in my life.
I am dreading weaning my baby girl - she will be 1 on Tuesday and it's time...she does drink out of just about any cup, straw or sippy - if it's juice or water. I tried breastmilk - but she laughed at me and spit it out - as if to tell me I couldn't trick her. ;)

Neither of my breastfed babies really cared for the pacifier and I spent a fortune trying to find one that they would take. Even if they would take it, it was *very* short lived.

Try the playtex nurser with the latex (brown) nipple. It is very, very soft like the breast. And with the drop ins you can squirt just a tiny bit of warm breastmilk in baby's mouth so they know why the different nipple is there.

It may not have anything to do with the age you started trying him on the pacifier and bottle. Each child is just different in these things. I had two boys who took readily to the pacifier. One of them was totally bottle fed because I was unable to nurse with him. The other nursed but also learned to take a bottle for emergency situations early on. My daughter nursed and took the bottle, but totally refused the pacifier no matter how hard I tried to get her to use it. In my case, I wanted her to use the pacifier rather than learn to suck her thumb. No luck! She sucked the thumb and ended up having to go to speech therapy the year prior to Kindergarten because of the way she had pulled her upper teeth out of place with the thumb.
If I were you, I'd forget the pacifier and just concentrate on trying to get him to take the bottle. It may help if you prepare a bottle and plan to have your husband give it to him while you go out to a store or just for a ride somewhere to be away long enough for your son to realize if he's hungry he's going to have to take that bottle, because Mom isn't around to nurse him. I think if you do that once a day for a week or so, he'll eventually get the idea. Just be sure your husband has the patience for working his end of it. If he doesn't, you may want to find a friend or other relative who can come in and help you with this task.

Not all babies like pacifiers. Neither of mine did. My daughter took to a bottle readily and was happy to be fed by other people. My son, not so much.
Try different nipples and realize your baby is only 11 weeks old. It will take time for him to get used to being okay with the difference between breast and bottle.

Hang in there. Best wishes!

Y'know . . . . instead of a bottle, maybe Papa or Grandmere
could feed Luc with one of those little squirty devices
like the kind one gives medicine to babies.
And forget the pacifier.
If he has figured out how to suck on his fist, that's a better choice, imo.
Good luck.

My son never took the pacifier. I was fine with that. I didn't have to break him of it! (I have heard horror stories from women that cannot get the pacifier from their THREE YEAR OLD!!)

As far as not taking the bottle, you might have to try other nipples. Just be SURE they are the SLOW FLOW ones!! Be sure the bottles and nipples are BPA-Free!

Neither of my son's took the bottle or paci. My second son started on the sippy cup at 5mts. My first only took mothers milk until he was 9mts. No great tips for you, just letting you know that you're not alone and time will fly.