I am desperate! DD had been exclusively breastfed until a couple of weeks ago when I started to prepare her for being separated from me.
In the early days we tried her with expressed milk in a bottle which she wouldn't take. So I just left it, thinking I'll focus on her taking it when necessary.
Well that time has come and she has no interest. We have tried numerous different types of bottles and teats; sippy cups, open cups, you name it; expressed milk and every type of formula going.
AND SHE WON'T TAKE A THING!
We have been quietly persevering (Note - I get others to try to feed her so she won't smell my milk) but I start work next Weds and am now desperate.
The HV has said to withold all breastfeeds, that way she will be hungry enough that she will take anything. But it just seems so cruel.
DH and I have just had a huge fight about this because he wouldn't let me in the room to breastfeed her and he left her to cry for 30 mins as she continually spat out a bottle.
He thinks he is doing it for the best - is he? - but I can't handle my baby crying.
Please help. She & I will be distraught next week if we don't get her to take an alternative as I will be away from her from 8am-7pm.
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Please help - I go back to work in 1 week and DD (6 months) won't take expressed milk or formula from bottle or cup
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fanjolina · 11/11/2009 19:12
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