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12 week old switching from BF to FF but refusing bottles!!

first alien

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hi everyone. i know alot of threads are out there about switching from bf to ff but i'm struggling. my little boy is most definately a boobie baby and loves his breast feeds! he was 8:12 at birth and is now around 16:3. he gains on average an oz a day!
i need to be ff by the time i go back to work on the 22 feb! i am going back full time and LO is in nursery. at the moment i am trying to get him to take a bottle. i have tried TT closer to nature and he hates them. i have also tried MaM and while he will take this one in his mouth he isn't impressed! i have just bought a NUK bottle to try 2mrw. i have also tried SMA but he hated it (i hated the taste too!!) so have got aptamil to try 2mrw. (i have tried ebm but he wont take this from a bottle and i am too tired to keep expressing for it to go to waste!)

any tips on what bottle was the best for anyone else who has switched after 3 months of exc bf???

i am just dropping one feed at a time at the moment but dont want him to go hungry.

any help/advice appreciated
 
It seems to be common for LO's to refuse a bottle from mum as they can still smell your milk and would much prefer to have the breast.

Is it possible to have somebody else feed your LO one bottle a day to start with, just to get him used to taking a bottle (if you're dropping one at a time), just to see how he gets on with it when he can't smell mummy's milk?
 
thanks faille. hubby does try aswell but he's refusing bottle from him aswell.
 

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