How do you get EBF baby to take bottle?

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Button2nose · 07/08/2012 22:22

How did u get your EBF baby to take a bottle? I'm still EBF but want dd to also take a bottle too. The other night went out leaving baby with nanny and bottle of expressed milk but she refused completely. Had to cone home early to feed. Have tried many times and even bought new Mam bottles as these supposedly help with transition. Any ideas? Tricks?

Thanks

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showtunesgirl · 07/08/2012 23:17

How old is your LO?

My DD always refused bottles but now that she's older, she will take milk from a cup.

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Button2nose · 08/08/2012 05:50

10 weeks. Don't think I can wait till she's old enough to take a cup. Never had this problem with DS, he drunk the second it went in his mouth!

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MigGril · 08/08/2012 06:12

You can start them on cups from 4 months. Can you really not wait that long?

Actually you can use an open cup from birth if you learn how to do it, have a look for some videos on cup feeding.

MormonMummy90 · 10/08/2012 21:15

I tricked my boy into it by making him really sleepy by rocking him, then feeding him the bottle whilst asleep/very drowsy.

The other way I managed to trick him was to quickly pull out his dummy and replace with bottle!

Hope you crack it :)

amck5700 · 10/08/2012 21:26

I had exactly this problem - was due to go back to work when No2 son was 4 and a half months and had to delay it by a month to try to get him weaned. We neede him to be able to do without milk during the day as he would not take it from bottle, cup or spoon :( He would happily take water from a cup!! We tried someone else feeding him with or without my clothes on! we tried expressed and various formula milks, we tried every special type of bottle under the sun. Eventually the solution came from a midwife who was due to retire.

She said go buy the really cheap bottle teats that you get in local chemists, the browny coloured latex ones. Anyway, he took them no problem after that.......little bugger!! That was the day before I was due to return back to work (the delayed date not the original one!) We had got him to the point where he could almost go all day without milk and then he took it......it's worth a couple of pound to try it.

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