Bfed baby won't take EBM!

[Karmamother]

Both my friend & I have 19 wk old DDs who are exclusively Bfed. Neither babies will take EBM from a bottle. She has been trying for a month with no success & I've tried occasionally, again with no luck.

Any tips/advice? Had a look through the archive to no avail. We know that a cup might be the only way. My friend is at her wits end as she's now back to work & has had to come home during lunch to feed her dd. BTW, she has started weaning & can get baby rice mixed with EBM into her. She also uses both the MAM & Nuk teats, dd refuses both.

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had this with dd3 tried everything bought every bottle on the market in the end had to just go out and leave for dh to feed her. stayed 5 mins away had hair done ect went shopping dd3 cryed and cryed then drank 6oz husband really good texted me through out i think i learnt bottom line is baby's will eat when really hungry, hope this helps.

Hi, my DH was left with ds (4 months) who does not want to drink EBM from his Avent bottles. My DH cut a bigger hole in the teat and this worked! Just cut with a knife a cross in the teat and this should help your baby to drink from the bottle.

Experiment with bottles and teats -- the NUK teat worked best with DS although ultimately it was a case of time and spending a few months compensating with lots of night feeds before he caught on.

With us my mother cut a bigger hole in the teat and that worked. Didn't work with DS (except once for about 30 seconds) but might be worth a try.

Thanks! Just tried her with a bottle using the spout from a Avent Magic Cup, without the valve & she didn't mind having it in her mouth so hopefully it's a start....

KM, my ds would only drink from the \link{http://www.baby-supplies.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=15&products_id=1114\Playtex Nurser} with the latex Naturallatch teat. We had tried umpteem other bottles and were about to try a Haberman feeder if that didn't work.