Teat repulsion? My 7week old is refusing to take a bottle!!

[SusanaD]

My lo is 7 weeks and has been breast fed since birth and I was hoping to slowly introduce him to bottle feeding - but he flatly refuses to take a teat in his mouth and wails miserably (red faced and tears!!) when I try to feed him expressed milk in a bottle.
Initially I thought he found the teat too hard or too big and switched from Tommee Tippee to Avent and now to Mothercare which is the softest teat but not the smallest.
I've also tried to have grandma feed him instead of me and he still refuses. Is there any such thing as teat revulsion?!?!?
I will be resuming work and it starting to stress me that he will not be a happy baby while taking a bottle feed.
Am I doing something wrong? wrong teat size? material?
Any advise is welcome. thanx.

I don't know if it will make a difference but my baby wouldn't take to any teats initially and I tried so many different ones, then a breast feeding support worker told me about NUK bottles and teats - you can only buy them from boots and they are supposed to be really good for babies who struggle with teats. There are two different kinds of teats a clear silicone one and a rubbery looking one. The rubbery looking one is the best one - though it doesn't look as nice as the clear one! But these worked really well with my baby they are softer and easier for babies to latch on to. Hopefully it might work for you baby too? Or you could always try a doidy cup you can buy online or at john lewis but they are very time consuming and messy to begin with... hope that helps :)

thankyou didn't know about NUK. will lookup the NUK bottles and teats. much appreciated!
don't you think its a bit silly that you have to buy a new bottle every time you buy a new teat?

The nuk latex ones do seem to be the fake boob of choice for bottle refusesrs from what I've seen. Thankfully dd2 isn't fussy and will drink it any which way it comes (and from any bottle/teat tat is offered) but dniece was very picky and will nly entertain nuk latex

I fear that's what my LO had I gave up trying when she was 4 months. Recently I realised my expressed milk tastes awful which maybe why she was so disgusted about us trying to get her to drink if. So it is worth tasting it see link below on lipase issue.

kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/lipase-expressedmilk

I tried loads of bottles with dd and the one that worked in the end was called breastflow. It is a double layered teat and they need to mimic a suckling action to drink from it. I also tried different things like feeding her from it when really hungry, when not too hungry, slathered the teat in breast milk, held her facing away from me. She took it in the end and then we switched to tommy tippee which were easier to wash, store etc

My sister refused all types of teats as a baby. Avent do a sippy cup top fpr.their bottles. It's meant for 6 months up but might be worth a try maybe?

Thanks for your comments. For the time-being it seems that Nuk is doing the job!