I'm returning to work full time in February when DS will be 9mo. He has been bf up until now, happily taking expressed milk from a bottle if I have been out or if DH has been helping with feeding. I thought I would try to move over to combination feeding when I go back to work so he could have formula in the daytime when with his childminder. We've tried giving him two different brands of formula so far and after a couple of mouthfuls he just won't drink it and gets very upset that it's not breastmilk.
I think I was probably a bit naive and didn't anticipate that he might flat out refuse to drink formula. Anyone else been in this situation? Would you persevere or just decide to express at work instead? DS got very upset last night when we tried to give him a bottle of expressed BM - obviously thinking it was formula and refusing the bottle as a result. I don't want to put him off taking a bottle with only a few weeks to go until my return to work.
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Returning to work & baby refusing formula - WWYD
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ballroompink · 31/12/2012 10:47
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