10 week old refusing bottle

I know it seems like an age away but when they get to 6 months plus, they're eating solids and can go longer between feeds. It makes being apart for a while easier.

Have you tried a teat that mimics the breastfeeding action, like the Medela Calma? It's meant for ebm, and the baby has to kind of latch on and suck like they do at the breast. Might be worth a try?

Sorry to say but I tried from 10 weeks and didn't work whatever I tried! Next time I'm going for 2 weeks Gave up in the end and like previous post said, 6 months comes around quick! I managed a few nights out as she slept well from last feed at 7 til feed at 3am ish so could risk it. She should start to go longer between feeds at night soonish so that might be a way out!

Maybe sore gums? My daughter spat her dummy out or else had it at the side of her mouth in a hilarious cigar smoking impression. You've done so well. Mine were bottle refusers too. Why have a bottle when you can have draught?! I've heard good things about Nuk with a latex teat. Calma does not mimic breast feeding action. Only the breast can do that. It just makes getting milk out of the bottle harder work. It might save your baby at 4 months deciding actually he prefers a bottle because it's easier though. Mine happily took anything once weaning commenced and my DH could give them solids and water so they could wait for me to come home. It feels like a lifetime at the time but 6 months does come around quickly.

Minbie is another breast like bottle

Sorry, I put it badly when I said "mimic", no teat will exactly replicate breastfeeding. The bit I found helpful with my newborn was that it doesn't let any milk flow unless they are actually sucking, compared to a free flow teat where any kind of contact on the nipple part means milk flows. Free flow teats seemed to encourage a poor latch for my two newborns, and the Calma helped to stop that.

Anyway it could be completely useless in your situation, but I thought I'd mentioned it just in case it could be.