Suddenly refusing a bottle!

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My fifteen-week-old DS has had a bit of a tough week with his reflux (we finally started Zantac) and during this time he has refused his bottle of expressed milk twice, both from my husband and from his grandma.

Is there any way to get him to re-take the bottle? We use the Playtex drop-in bottles with a slow-flow nipple.

Mine has just done the same in the past two days. He's 13 weeks old and has been fine with a few bottles per week for the past month or so and when we tried to give him a bottle two days ago he pushed it put with his tongue. We've tried again a few more times and he's still pushing it out! Trying not to hijack the post but would be curious to see if others have experienced this and then had their LO go back on the bottle?

Don't think I'm much help but mine started pushing the bottle away at 4mo. I gave up trying at 5mo as I was sick and tired of throwing away ebm. She retook a bottle at 8mo after being in the nursery for a week and tried to grab other babies bottles.

If you haven't try the breastflow and nuk latex teats. They are easier for ebf babies.

Hi! I had the same problem with my daughter when she was about 12 weeks, I was using the breastflow bottles which worked great previously. I persevered for 2 weeks (kept offering 1 oz of expresed milk so it didn't all go to waste) and changed to the nuby bottles. She has started taking the bottle again the last couple ofnights with no problem. My HV suggested it may beinked to teething and not liking the feeling of the teat, or prefering the breast for comfort.... About half the mums who ebf that I have spoken to have had the problem.... Good luck!

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My DS now refuses a bottle of EBM unless it is warmed - he used to take it however it came but now likes it just-so!