Bottle Tips?

[clbehenna]

I've asked the Breastfeeding board already, but figured if try here, too.

DS2 is 8 weeks old, and has been on a bottle strike since about week 6. Up until then, he was drinking an occasional bottle of BM or formula with no problem. Now he wants nothing to do with any of it!

We've tried just about every bottle, and he drank out of a Munchkin Latch bottle ONCE, so we decided to stick with that one. Now he only drinks an ounce or so and gets pissed every time we try.

Any advice? Tricks? Commiseration?

[Widget123]

Is SO giving the bottle with you nowhere in sight? If not, try that.

[Deleted]

Agree with Widget123 the only thing that worked for us was me leaving the house for at least 6 hours. The first bottle was rejected but the 2nd one ended up working since by then hunger kicked in

[mrsmonogrammed]

Are you warming up the BM? Sometimes babies like it to be different temp than when it comes "straight from the tap". My DD will take BM straight from the fridge!

[clbehenna]

Aug 1, 2015 18:16:45 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Is SO giving the bottle with you nowhere in sight? If not, try that.

Yes, still not much success!

[clbehenna]

Aug 1, 2015 18:47:02 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

Agree with Widget123 the only thing that worked for us was me leaving the house for at least 6 hours. The first bottle was rejected but the 2nd one ended up working since by then hunger kicked in

This is a great idea! DH will hate it, but I can see why it worked!

[clbehenna]

Aug 1, 2015 19:51:18 GMT -5 mrsmonogrammed said:

Are you warming up the BM? Sometimes babies like it to be different temp than when it comes "straight from the tap". My DD will take BM straight from the fridge!

This is worth a shot. Thanks!

[billyhorrible]

I would try the other bottles again. Mine was taking Tommee Tippees just fine until this week. All of a sudden, he doesn't like them anymore. So we switched to Dr. Brown's a couple of days ago.

Babies. Just when you think you've got them figured out, they throw you for a loop.

[Deleted]

If your DH doesn't work have your mom or a female friend try if you can.

[bruunk]

I was told to have DH hold a shirt I'd worn against his shirt so LO smells me vs him. Haven't tried it yet - we'll try it with the next few bottles