Getting ebf baby to take a bottle - sorry if done to death!

[lindy100]

So my 5 month old DD has taken a bottle once (about two months ago - I did it to try and she had no problem) and I have a freezer full of milk, but now she has no interest in taking a bottle. I managed to get 1.5oz down her yesterday, not in a distressing way for her, but only really by wiggling the bottle furiously.

Not a huge problem in itself, but I fairly deperately need to get her to take some of the milk so I can do some Keep in Touch days. I need the money and both I and work will benefit hugely from doing them - in fact, work will not be able to do several v important things if I say I can't do them. So changing my mind is only an option if I will be doing DD harm in leaving her.

First KIT day proposed for two weeks' time (DD is 5mo tomorrow). So between now and then what can I do? Am going to try a 4m+ cup tomorrow. Am also going to try leaving DH to it while I go out with DD1. Anything else I can try?

If she still isn't v interested, can I just feed her lots before and after work (finishing morning feed at 8am and beginning afternoon feed at 4pm, so prob missing one middle-of-the-day feed) and get DH to give her baby rice made with ebm, and some sips of water? Or get him to give her milk in a Nurofen dropper? (Yes, I know she will need lots of droppers full!)

I'm in a quandry. I don't need any lectures, please - I just want to know what, if anything, might work so that I know what choices I need to make about working at all.

it's upto you if you want to try with a bottle or cup, if you font plan on giving bf up completely then maybe just go with the cup so your pretty much cutting bottles out all together? I wouldn't worry too much as u said milk can always be given by syringe, all you can really do is try. When I was trying 2 get dd 2 take a bottle I tried every day for most of her feeds, only an ounce or two to start with.

Watching with interest as I need to go back to work when DS is about 5 and a half months and am nervous (although my main issue is am rubbish at expressing!)

With DD, I went back at 7 months and she was fine with morning (about 7), afternoon (4ish) and evening feeds but obviously was also having solids so not sure how to play it this time round.