I did try posting this over there but got literally no answer.
My DD is 11mo and has been ebf from birth right up until she went onto food at 6mo.
She has never, and still will not, take a bottle. It doesn't matter what is in said bottle and it doesn't matter if it has been hours since she fed - she also won't let me breastfeed her in public - she will push the bottle away, scream, cry, choke if I do manage to force it on her.
I have tried sippy cups, different kinds of teats, expressed milk, hot/warm/cold milk, hot/cold/warm water, the squashes you can buy in the formula aisles. She won't drink out of a bottle, meaning her only liquids come from breastmilk.
I have tried and tried to explain to health visitors that she won't take a bottle. They brush it off by saying she will if she's thirsty enough. No she won't - she has literally gone nine hours before without any liquids because she refused both breast and bottle - screaming, fighting, pushing me away, choking, gasping as if she couldn't breathe. I ended up in OOH with her.
Please - did any of you experience this, and if so, what do I do?? I want to stop breastfeeding - she's got teeth now and she's just getting too big - but how can I when it's the only liquid she'll take? I daren't even go out for too long because I know she won't even let me breastfeed her.
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Caenea · 04/10/2017 07:30
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