Help... 7 month old bf baby won't take bottle

[AlisonWhite]

Hi all,
I'm in a sticky situation help!
My baby is 7 months old. She is fully breastfed. I have to go back to work but I can't get her to take a bottle. She just chews it! I've tried so many types and beakers and even an open cup but she just doesn't drink enough to fill her up if I'm not there. She doesn't eat much of her solids yet.
What do I do? Xxx

I’m sorry OP I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news but my DD was originally mixed fed, decided she want to be exclusively BF at 4 months and I could never get her to take a bottle again.

In your shoes I would make preparations to BF while working. Do you have a breast pump? Do you have the kind of job where you could easily pump at work? I personally use an elvie and it is easy to disguise. I don’t know where you are based but the maternityaction.org.uk website has some useful information about how employers should facilitate BFing workers.

If this doesn’t work for you I hope someone else will be along soon with suggestions of how they got their baby back on a bottle.