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How do you get my 7.5 month old son to take a bottle or beaker?

I go back to work in 8 weeks & he needs to be drinking from one or the other but he won't drink from either. He will only BF. It's starting to stress me out.

Help!!

Have you tried a lidless beaker? We use a doidy with ds, 7m, he picked it up really quickly. Apparently the mouth action is more like bf or something...

Will you be going back fulltime?

hello,
my dd is 7.5 mo as well,and i get back to uni in jan,full-time..and as she is exclusively b/fed,thought shd really get her started off on the bottle.have been trying since she ws tiny and apart from a few times-she wont take it from me.admittedly i didnt keep it up,bcoz my dh wrks nights and bottlefeeding ws resulting in tears(from dd) and id feel he needed the peace n uiet.
so today i met her cm tday(who is really lovely) and hv decided to start her off end of this month.the cm is confident she will be ok.she may hv a few difficult days to start with,ut she says no child will starve herself and will take it when shes hungry-also they take to it better from s'one else.
also she suggests i bring her over in the morning wso we can tackle the hardest part of the day,rather than lunchtime or late afternoon when she just snacks from the breast.
im so so panicked and feel im going to put dd thru a lot of stress and trauma.i will stick expressed milk in the bottle to start off with tho and continue b/feed her at home..
this is my second one...ds is now 5.5 and had the same issue with him(shdve learnt really,shdnt i?but they both preferred the breast!)
he also went to nursery at 8 mo,infcat never took the bottle from me-but started off at nursery in under a weeks time!
i dunno,am i panicking for no reason?what if mines one of those who neverrr takes the bottle??
im r r upset and wonder if this is all worth it sometimes!

DS is on solids too so no worries about him eating. He has a MASSIVE appetite. I'm just worried about his drinking. He used to take a bottle of expressed milk from his Dad until he was about 4 months then he just rejected it & will not drink from it under any circumstance to the point that Dad tried to put him bed about a week ago & he just went to sleep rather than take the bottle.

He really needs to be taking a bottle as he likes his milk to go to sleep with at nap times.

I have tried a cup with & without lid on & it kind of worked to start with but now he won't do that either.

"Ineedsomesleep" (i understand the name & I'm with you in that...) I'm going back to work part time for 3 whole days. I intend to express at work as I want to BF until at least a year.

I spent many a day stressing about this when DD was 7/8 months as she would only take breast. I went back to work a couple of weeks ago when DD reached 10 months and she has adapted to a breastfeed in the morning and then in the evening for the 3 days i now work. The rest of the days she has breast feeds as and when she wants them and makes up for not having breast for the 3 days.

At Nursery she will take water from a sippy cup but still refuses milk (breast or whole). She is still thriving and a very happy baby.

You'll be surprised how easily your child will adapt Please try not to worry and enjoy the remainder of your maternity time with your LO.

Worry over....Phew!! We persavered with the cup & all of a sudden he nailed it & asks for it now. Clever boy!! In addition, 2 nights ago we tried him with a bottle at bedtime & he took that too, no problems.

I feel like I have a bit of freedom back. I can now leave Daddy to put him to bed or anyone else. Just in time too. Hubby & I are going out for a meal on Saturday for my birthday & Grandma is putting him to bed. I won't worry so much now.

Don't get me wrong, I love the little man too bits but I've only been out 3 times in 8 months & always had to make sure he was in bed first & rushed back just in case.