I bf ds1 until he was 15 months and currently bf'ing 7 month old ds2. Ds2 was born with tongue tie, lip tie and a very high palate. We had the tongue tie snipped at 8 days and he soon learned how to bf better. However he has never managed to figure out how to latch onto a bottle. Whilst I am happy to bf longer term, I would really like to be able to express some milk occasionally so that I can have a small amount of time away from him. There is also the issue that I would like to move house but this involves going back to work, and to be able to work I need him to accept a bottle whenever I need to work. Anyone able to suggest a bottle that might work for him? Ds1 also had lip tie, but tongue and palate were normal and he was ok with a tommee tippee closer to nature bottle. My additional concern is ds1 would drink plenty of water via a bottle until such time as he figured out how to suck from a cup. Ds2 still hasn't figured out how to use a cup and as he won't take a bottle I'm worried about getting enough water into him as hopefully the weather starts to warm up!
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