Desperate for help! My baby won't take a bottle!!!!

[aliss]

that seems a bit strange. He can already take sips of water out of my cup and/or watter bottle..

And what is a muselin??

I think it's our equivalent of light baby blanket/puke rag

 

[Ozzieshunni]

^^this, lol.

 

[runnergrl]

and by puke rag, you mean burp cloth, right? lol!

 

[SarahP13]

A muslin is basically a piece of thin cotton that is very useful for babies! Very absorbent and used to mop up sick primarily. Also used as comforters, thin blankets, as a breastfeeding cover etc.

Guess you guys have something similar but with a different name

 

[buttonnose82]

search doidy cup on you tube, thats what i did, there is a few videos on there that show babies of 6 months drinking from them

 

[Princess pea]

Hi there, I haven't read any other replies, but just wanted to let you know I had the same problem with DD1. I exclusively breastfed her for three months and she would not take a bottle for love nor money. She would shake her head from side to side with teat in her mouth, and scream. I was at my wits end when someone suggested taking my top off and holding her close to me whilst feeding her. Bingo it worked first time, having tried every teat, bottle milk under the sun and it was that simple x

 

[aliss]

and by puke rag, you mean burp cloth, right? lol!

LOL sorry yes, mine has acid reflux so we just call them puke rags!

 

[runnergrl]

Hi there, I haven't read any other replies, but just wanted to let you know I had the same problem with DD1. I exclusively breastfed her for three months and she would not take a bottle for love nor money. She would shake her head from side to side with teat in her mouth, and scream. I was at my wits end when someone suggested taking my top off and holding her close to me whilst feeding her. Bingo it worked first time, having tried every teat, bottle milk under the sun and it was that simple x

Definitely trying this!!! Thank you! Hope it works, fx!

 

[Sooz]

We've just ordered a doidy cup from Amazon for £3.49 as my LO is also resistant to the bottle despite having one most days since 6 weeks old.

She will sometimes take one with a fight and has on 3 occaisions knuckled down and drunk the whole lot in one hit. Things that seem to help are having the milk on the warmer side, fast flow teats (in our case I have pierced a slow flow one with a needle a couple of times so it has more holes and mimics my breast better) and also, warm the teat first too so it isn't cold on their lips when they first start sucking.

 

[LadyHutch]

I was thinking about this, and thought of something that might work...

Most people who BF think nipple shields are the devil because they cause nipple confusion/interrupt supply, but perhaps you could transition him using a nipple shield? It would get him used to a different nipple sensation...or introduce a pacifier?

 

[cupcake]

OP please don't think I am rude poster, I just wanted to kindly ( I mean kindly) point out that if your baby nurses to sleep and always does, your mom is going to have one hell of a time getting him to sleep with no boob. I would start changing that right now before you go, if you work on it for three weeks you should come right ( probably faster).

Also I don't want to be negative but my first never took a bottle, honestly never, I tried it all, every kind of bottle I could get my hands on, different people feeding him, but he would proper strike. He went to daycare every day for 5 hours from 6 months old, and never took a bottle for almost a year. I would nurse him before I went there, and as soon as I came back , and in between the daycare lady gave him my expressed milk with some rice cereal by spoon.
My second managed to take the bottle and honestly I don't know why the first wouldn't.
I would imagine your son won't have the choice cos his mom won't come rescue him from his strike so he would probably cave but its just something to keep in mind.

I hope you manage to get him onto that bottle and have a lovely holiday!

 

[cupcake]

OP please don't think I am rude poster, I just wanted to kindly ( I mean kindly) point out that if your baby nurses to sleep and always does, your mom is going to have one hell of a time getting him to sleep with no boob. I would start changing that right now before you go, if you work on it for three weeks you should come right ( probably faster).

Also I don't want to be negative but my first never took a bottle, honestly never, I tried it all, every kind of bottle I could get my hands on, different people feeding him, but he would proper strike. He went to daycare every day for 5 hours from 6 months old, and never took a bottle for almost a year. I would nurse him before I went there, and as soon as I came back , and in between the daycare lady gave him my expressed milk with some rice cereal by spoon.
My second managed to take the bottle and honestly I don't know why the first wouldn't.
I would imagine your son won't have the choice cos his mom won't come rescue him from his strike so he would probably cave but its just something to keep in mind.

I hope you manage to get him onto that bottle and have a lovely holiday!

 

[stardust599]

My nephew had this problem, he is 13months now and didn't accept a bottle until one day he decided he was ready at 11months.

I watched him for my sister for a day and night and it was hell, he wouldn't take any type of bottle or teat, warm, hot or cold milk and hysterically screamed himself to sleep in my arms because he was used to nursing to sleep. I know it's maybe not what you want to hear but maybe it's an idea to warn your Mum it might be awfully tough for a few days with him.

I managed to feed him little bits by spoon feeding him expressed breast milk xxx

 

[runnergrl]

OP please don't think I am rude poster, I just wanted to kindly ( I mean kindly) point out that if your baby nurses to sleep and always does, your mom is going to have one hell of a time getting him to sleep with no boob. I would start changing that right now before you go, if you work on it for three weeks you should come right ( probably faster).

Also I don't want to be negative but my first never took a bottle, honestly never, I tried it all, every kind of bottle I could get my hands on, different people feeding him, but he would proper strike. He went to daycare every day for 5 hours from 6 months old, and never took a bottle for almost a year. I would nurse him before I went there, and as soon as I came back , and in between the daycare lady gave him my expressed milk with some rice cereal by spoon.
My second managed to take the bottle and honestly I don't know why the first wouldn't.
I would imagine your son won't have the choice cos his mom won't come rescue him from his strike so he would probably cave but its just something to keep in mind.

I hope you manage to get him onto that bottle and have a lovely holiday!

I dont think you are rude at all! I appreciate honesty and your suggestion of trying the bottle at night.. I do plan on continuing to nurse when I return so I dont want to stop all together now. I just want him to be able to switch back and forth.. Poor guy..I really do feel bad, but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to go to Hawaii for free that my husband has worked very hard to earn.
My mom knows it will be hard, she is aware of the fact that I am and have been working on giving him the bottle with minimal success. It doesnt help that he is teething currently and not 1, but 2 teeth are coming in at the moment, so he wants booby even more!!

 

[AP]

I have to say on the other hand I give my baby a bottle of formula once a day. 9/10 she will fall asleep on it now, so I think it just depends on baby to be honest!

 

[mommyB]

Hey girlie!! I know how you feel I have tried to give Adrian expressed milk from bottles and he wont take them. He will drink water from them but not milk. But he has a few times gone to bed without nursing before. We went to a wedding and my parents came to watch him and had to put him to bed. My mom said she tried to give him the bottle of milk, he refused. She said he went down really well and he slept the whole night. I don't really have any other suggestions, I hope everything works out for you!

 

[caro103]

hey hun, same problem here too. but the other night i'd defrosted milk to use in his food and didn't want the leftovers to go to waste, so tried to give in it in a bottle. He had a total meltdown, i wondered whether he was actually hungry so tried him on me, latched straight away , anyway got dh to pass me the bottle and slipped it in to release his latch on me, without moving him at all, amazingly he didn't even seem to notice i'd swapped boob for bottle. Might be worth a go?

good luck and have a lovely break! xx

 

[pinklightbulb]

Eamon never took a bottle until 10 months, he was solely BF until then when I started to wean him onto one because my milk dried up and I was told to put him on formula as he needed the calories. We attempted FFing him at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and then 10 months and weren't fully successful until 11 months. It worked better when it wasn't me giving him the bottle but it was still a struggle regardless. Some babies just refuse bottles and mine was one of them

 

[goddess25]

I have the same problem, have exclusively BF DD and no luck with bottles, and have tried the lot. I am just trying it so I can go out the house without kids for more than 2 hours, not the lush holiday. Whatever happens your LO will be just fine.

 

[runnergrl]

well, still no luck with bottles.. he will however drnk from his doidy cup.. he doesnt lap at the water or milk, he actually gulps it.. im still worried about bedtime...

i still have 2 1/2 weeks to keep trying