Bottles for BF babies?

tommee tippee closer to nature looks most like boobie, just stick with a slow teat so its not too easy to get milk

Lots of people recommended the tommee tippee bottle to us but using the bottle tends to make Kiara's reflux worse. Not sure why - maybe still drinks too fast? So we're going to leave it for a few more weeks then try again. Definitely try it before you HAVE to use it though to see how she goes. Your girl is a little bit older - I'll be interested to hear how she gets on.

Edited by thesaff

We have just used the bottles that came with the steriliser and breast pump we bought (a Phillips Avent) and he is fine with it. It does take about 10min for him to take the bottle and realise what he's supposed to do with it, but once he does he drinks absolutely fine. We've had no problems at all with nipple confusion. I had to express and put him on the bottle all day a couple of weeks ago for our wedding and we had no problems with him taking the bottle and then back to breast at the end of the night.

 

My plunket nurse also said to introduce the bottle before 12 weeks, otherwise they can refuse to take it if introduced after this time

 

Good luck

I don't think when you introduce a bottle has anything to do with whether they will refuse or not take one later. DS2 had his first bottle at week 6 and refused all bottles from 4.5 months. DS1 on the other hand had his first bottle at 4 weeks and never refused one. DS1 had Avent, DS2 had TT Closer to Nature. We were syringe feeding ebm to DS2 at one stage....tedious but it avoids the potential for nipple confusion. Kellymom has heaps of info on alternatives to bottles and how to bottle feed a bf baby if you want to have a look

We tried all the tricks to get DS2 to take one and in the end everyone was getting so stressed out that we just stopped offering. Funnily enough though, offered him a bottle of water when he was about 13 months old and he drank it.

Chuchu teats/bottles worked for us, after trying avent and pigeon bottles. (the baby has to suck rather than the milk just dripping out) It was quite a mission getting our girl to take the bottle, but the bouncer seemed to work for a while, rather than holding her. You can try heating the teat in hot water as well, and try and get someone else to feed her rather than you. good luck

Thanks. DH tried her on a Tommy Tippie one at the weekend and she took it no problems. She did kind of give him a look that said "hey, how come you've been hiding your boobs from me all this time?" but it was very cute