Bottle refusal

[carissa325]

Since finally ditching the nipple shield about a week ago Carley absolutely will not take a bottle. I'm assuming they are somehow related. What do I do? I have to be away from her for a few hours tomorrow. Today at my mom's she just screamed when she was hungry (for almost 45 minutes) refused the bottle, nursed when I got there then was absolutely fine. I don't know what to do.

[carissa325]

Jun 30, 2016 19:10:45 GMT -5 buttercup said:

Which bottle are you using?

Dr. Brown

[nexttonormal]

I don't have any advice,just sympathy. DDs 1 and 2 never took a bottle and it was so hard trying to find time to myself. My best friend (who specializes in helping infants swallow/eat) couldn't even get DD2 to drink from a medicine dropper.

I hope you can figure out a way that helps her take a bottle.

[SheilaTheTank]

Jun 30, 2016 19:02:09 GMT -5 carissa325 said:

Since finally ditching the nipple shield about a week ago Carley absolutely will not take a bottle. I'm assuming they are somehow related. What do I do? I have to be away from her for a few hours tomorrow. Today at my mom's she just screamed when she was hungry (for almost 45 minutes) refused the bottle, nursed when I got there then was absolutely fine. I don't know what to do.

Advice from a LC when someone in my breastfeeding group had this problem:

Try different bottles. Get a bunch of single bottles or borrow some. Advent bottles have preemie nipples that are super slow flow.

Warm the bottles

Have someone other than you give the bottle and do not be even in the house. Go for a walk or out shopping for a bit.

The preemie nipple and not being in the house is what worked for my friend.

[blackbird]

We started with the Advent bottles and their Natural nipple style, which is meant to be most similar to the breast, since we were doing triple feeds & hoped to continue BF. B did great with them, and it's what we have stayed with.

[fignewt]

Jul 1, 2016 8:11:47 GMT -5 blackbird said:

We started with the Advent bottles and their Natural nipple style, which is meant to be most similar to the breast, since we were doing triple feeds & hoped to continue BF. B did great with them, and it's what we have stayed with.

+1

[sunshineshades]

We had to walk around with dd1 singing to her while we gave her the bottle. It's possible we also swaddled her I don't remember.
I recommend doing one every day if she refusing so she'll get used to it.
Right now with E I do one a week because she takes it fine. If she stops we will do more.

[cinnamonsmiles]

I've used a cup and a syringe for DS when he was a week old (LC was super against bottles, and I didn't know any better). How long do you have to be away?

[carissa325]

Jul 1, 2016 22:09:49 GMT -5 cinnamonsmiles said:

I've used a cup and a syringe for DS when he was a week old (LC was super against bottles, and I didn't know any better). How long do you have to be away?

I ended up taking her with me. A friend held her during the concert I was playing piano for. We have to get this figured out because I'm going to be at a teacher inservice the 13-15th.

[jewel441]

I hope you find something that helps.

We have kinda given up. I mean we still try from time to time but I feel like the only thing we haven't tried is me being gone for awhile and her being desperate... So if that comes up we will try it. She is ahead developmentally so we maybe able to do a sippy cup soon and are hoping we have better luck with the sippy cup. I go back to work mid August, but I will just be PT from home so our motivation is definitely a little lacking since it's not urgent and it's so unpleasant to try.

My mom and H's mom both told us that we were both bottle refusers until they stopped BFing at 6 months.
Maybe it's genetic?

Things ppl have suggested that haven't been mentioned here are either making it super like BF, like tuck the bottle into an armpit and lay with the baby. Or make it super different, keep the milk cold and have the baby sitting in something, like the car seat.

[rachelilly23]

H tried giving K a bottle this morning. No dice. Gah.

[carissa325]

After trying 6 different kinds of bottles I found one she would take!

[sctiger]

Struggling with bottles here too. We're going to do bottle boot camp this week. I'm going in to work for a couple days next week and I'm pretty stressed about it.

[daydreamsam]

Just stopping in to give sympathy, we are currently having the same problem and nothing works.

[halfahippy]

My kid will only take a bottle from me. Because that's helpful. I'm the one person that doesn't need to give her a bottle. We try having other people do it while I pump and she won't take it, so I end up giving it to her so we don't waste the milk. So really I just make more work for myself. Something need to change, but I don't know how to fix it.

[rachelilly23]

Jul 3, 2016 6:52:30 GMT -5 carissa325 said:

After trying 6 different kinds of bottles I found one she would take!

Since our babes are like... almost the same... which one?

[carissa325]

Jul 3, 2016 21:06:28 GMT -5 rachelilly23 said:

Jul 3, 2016 6:52:30 GMT -5 carissa325 said:

After trying 6 different kinds of bottles I found one she would take!

Since our babes are like... almost the same... which one?

It's really how crazy alike they are. Here's a link:
Lansinoh mOmma Breastmilk Feeding Bottle with NaturalWave Nipple, 8 Ounce, 3 Count, BPA Free and BPS Free www.amazon.com/dp/B00H0DH2OM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_FvCExb78SGCKW