Refusing to take the bottle - Tips??
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Topic: Refusing to take the bottle - Tips??
Posted By: KiwisGirl
Subject: Refusing to take the bottle - Tips??
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 7:19am
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Hi ladies,
My little girl has decided recently that she doesn't want to take the bottle. She is breastfed and that's no problem, but I have to go back to work in a couple of months and am worried that she won't take it. She used to take it fine (DH used to do her last feed of the night) but from about 12 weeks decided she would just like to play with it and push it out of her mouth instead... 
Anyone have any suggestions for ways to get her back onto the bottle? 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 8:17am
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maybe it was a case of she want really hungry. I'm sure if she was hungry and you werent there she would take it again... (of course i dont really know as my kids never had bottles, its just an assumption.) ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: SpecialK
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 8:22am
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Which bottles do you use? H did this at various stages, and we found that the closer to nature range was brilliant for getting him to take the bottle. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mrsturtle
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 8:34am
| When my sil put her wee one on a bottle she tried almost every teet untill she found one that worked. Maybe try a different teet? |
Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 8:49am
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Otherwise wait until you are in the middle of a breastfeed and wait until she has a breather then quickly pull your nipple out and put the bottle in her mouth instead as a way of introuducing the bottle - I've had this work before. ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: E&L+1
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 11:56am
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To be honest I wouldn't worry about it. She knows how to use a bottle but is smart enough to know that she'd prefer you! DD has taken a bottle once, she is starting daycare in about a month (2 days a week). I'm not worried as it is more likely that she'll take a bottle from the carer there than from me or DP. If she doesn't take a bottle she can always have a cup, I've introduced a sippy cup to DD which she is way more receptive to compared to a bottle. I chose a nuby one with a silicone spout which she still has to suck. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: KiwisGirl
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 12:47pm
Thanks ladies! I have tried giving her a bottle when she is sooo hungry after her 11hour night time feed, and she just did not want it! I think she is smart enough to know she would prefer the boobie  I have tried having DH and my sister feed her the bottle but nada! LOL I was using the Avent bottles when she was taking it, and got a TT one to try - but still no luck, nor with changing teats! I thought I had tried everything lol will try the pulling her off and giving her teat through a BF though, see how that "trick" works hehe 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 8:23pm
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DD was exactly the same, took a bottle of ebm fine till about 8 weeks then flatly refused it. We tried EVERYTHING . They are smart
Is is possible to have her in a DC close to your work and you could feed her on your breaks ?? |
Posted By: angel4
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 9:48pm
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We had this problem with henry. Dh and i got married when he was 5months old and at 4months i tried to get him to take a bottle so that i wouldnt have to breastfeed on my wedding day. Any wayyyyyy...... Long story short he refused and refused and refused and i had resigned myself to feeding on my wedding day until someone suggested getting a soft spout sippy cup. We dont have a lot of spare money so i couldnt go out buying different teats but figured even if he wouldnt use the sippy cup now he might use it later so bought one. Tommie Tippee soft spout one. Its got quite a square 'teat' and you have to actually suck it to get anything out.
He took to it straight away and would even take it from me. SO my suggestion is to try a sippy cup. |
Posted By: MrsMc
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 10:19pm
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im not sure if bubs is too young but ive had success with a few children by putting a bit of marmite on the teat, weird i know, but it seems to work.
have you tried nuk teats? theyre nice and small compared to some others definately persist with other people doing it. Find someone who is very confident, then leave them to it. go for a walk or something so baby doesnt sense you near, and also so that the bottle giver is comfortable and not worried about baby grizzling a bit. good luck, but im sure daycare will sort it out!! us ece teachers are experienced with this sort of thing |
Posted By: anon
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 10:42pm
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I agree with the first few replies. I had to wean Nathan OFF the bottle to my breast, then when I tried a bottle to have a night out, he wouldn't take it. It was the wrong teat size and he needed the next stage up. Once I got the next stage teat he took it fine! So try that first and then go from there. Babies grow quickly!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: wellygirl
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 8:07pm
| I always recommend Mam bottles (they have a soft, nipple shaped teat). My DD refused the bottle point blank until 4 months when we tried this brand, and she's taken it fine ever since. Has worked for friends of mine, too. |