DS won't take bottle from his dad

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He's BF and takes a bottle of expressed from my sisters (only last night he did this) but screams and screams and refuses to take a bottle from my poor DH who is feeling very unloved

Anyone else experience this and have advice please??!!

Try taking your top off and putting it between your DS and your DH's clothing so he can still smell you.

The smell of you can help. Perseverance is needed, otherwise baby will just hold out until they get what they want (you).

This is quite a bolt from the blue as he's always taken a bottle from his dad before. It seems to be coinciding with some other 'issues' at the moment in my normally easy going, happy DS. He's almost 4 months old and i wondered if a change in behaviour is normal at this age. His character is normally completely laid back - he's a very easy baby. But recently he's loads more touchy and off balance.

someone told me today to put the baby in a chair facing you and feed them face on. Don't know if it works for everyone though.

Thanks, will give it a try. I'll also get DH to try feeding him when he's not really hungry at some point during the day in between feeds. I also think i should just hand DS over to DH for the whole bath/ bedtime routine and not get involved in anything or show my face so he knows he has no other option than to take it from DH. If he knows i'm nearby he'll hold out to get what he wants.

Love his heart - it's nice to be wanted, but it will end up being very inconvenient if we don't crack it. Plus i hate seeing DH's face fall whenever my little monkey decides he doesn't want to take a bottle from his daddy. He really does take it personally i think.

DS has done the same thing at 12 weeks. My one night out per week to see friends has turned into quite an ordeal for DH. Any advise welcome here too.