Breast to bottle

How many different bottles have you tried? Some babies are quite fussy about the teat on some bottles like some love the avent ones yet others like really cheap ones.

i have about 5 different ones from cheap to expensive, i have the tommee tippee one that the teat was like a mummies nipple and he use to take that but stopped when he went back into hospital and now we cant get him started again.........i have flat ones , long ones and even different coloured, and i have small and long bottles. Its becoming very expensive. i cant say that i have tried the avent one yet though. Im thinking he just plan doesnt like my husbands singing though

Thanks fattartsrock
i have just told the other half and he is going to try it when he wakes for another feed.......if that doesnt work i will phone a lactation consultant tomorrow. Hopefully it will work.

hi,
My sister in law had this problem with her daughter and was never able to introduce a bottle (sorry probably not the news you wanted). Her daughter would scream the minute she saw a bottle, everybody tried feeding her and she tried all different bottles and teats. In the end they found a special cup that can be used from an early age and she took that.

Here is a link to the cup, she is in England so am not sure whether this would be available out here.

http://www.bumpto3.com/product.aspx?DISPLAYCAT=feed&CAT=Products&CATGRY=feeding%20accessories&PID=DA151

Hope it doesn't come to that, but probably worth knowing if everything else fails


Edited by cuppatea

Thats what mine does once he has had enough or if he's not hungry.
You have probably already tried this but you could try giving half a feed and then giving the bottle when he is not quite so hungry and maybe more open to trying a bottle. Don't have any other suggestions sorry.

As I had been pre-warned because of my sister-in-laws experience I introduced a bottle at a week old and would give him expressed milk every couple of days, good job really as I have had to stop breastfeeding and don't know what I would have done if he hadn't took a bottle.

I use the avent teats and didn't have any trouble but then I also have a very sucky baby who didn't seem to mind changing between boob bottle and dummy.


Edited by cuppatea

We have success with avnet, Lily has taken it easiy from the beginning.

Do you do a dream feed? Getting them to suck whent hey are half asleep (or totally asleep in some cases) is a tricky way of getting the sucking rflex to work for you.

Also, if he takes both sides in a feed you could move from breast for first side to bottle instead of second side.

just been speaking to a plunket nurse re: suggesstions for bottle feeding and she also suggested giving her the bottle while she was sleepy. Another suggestion was when the bottle is in her mouth try touching underneath her chin to get her to suck. She also said you could try giving her the bottle half way through a feed.
I have tried avent and tommy tippee but she isn't taking either of these brands- I think I also have a very determined little girl (takes after her mother).The nurse did mention that this is quite a common problem and that unfortunately the best advice she can give is just to keep trying (easier said than done through).