Baby has started to refuse a bottle- any tips please

[Jemimapuddleduk]

Hi,
For the last 6 weeks or so my 10 week old DD has been breast feeding on demand in the day and then having a bottle of expressed milk at 7pm as part of her bedtime routine. We introduced this so my DH could get involved in feeding and also to give more flexibility in occasionally going out on an evening. Since Friday she has been refusing to take the bottle. She has been getting really upset and after 20 minutes of her perhaps only taking an oz or so I have ended up breast feeding her. She would normally take 5-6 oz and then sleep through to 3ish when she would wake for another breast feed. She is still sleeping well. We tried swapping from tommee tippee to mam bottles (as she take mam dummies) and this worked for 1 night but then didn't work again.
I would really appreciate some advice as it had been going so well and I am finding the tearful bed times really stressful. It's also really gutting to see all my expressed milk going down the sink!
I was planning to mix feed/switch to formula at 6 months and I am worried that this wont happen if she keeps refusing a bottle.
Any tips to get her back on a bottle would be fab!
Thank you
Ps was supposed to be on a mums night out on Saturday (first one since she was born)- i am now panicking about leaving her with DH and bottles and thinking of cancelling. Would be great to have her a bit happier by then.

No advice but my dd did the same! Early on I also thought I'd switch to formula at 6 months but then as I got further down the line breastfeeding just became easier and easier and now she's seven and a half months and still breastfed.

Others will come along and suggest types of bottles and things, but I just didn't have the inclination to persevere with something that was upsetting dd and stressing me out.

It's your choice, and I have read of people on here who have succeeded so its not impossible.

Good luck with whatever you choose to do. :)

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We ha the same at about 8 weeks. We didn't persevere and she never took a bottle again!
If you want it badly enough you have to stick it out. Keep trying and not give in!
Can try different bottles, some people find that works. Also temperature of feed.
It could be distressing for a few nights. It depends how important it s to you.
Don't cancel the night out. Just be late if necessary!
Breast feeding does get quicker and easier but it does tie you to your baby!

Read up on the www.mimijumi.co.uk baby bottles. We had to go with them in the end as we had the same problem as you. They are proved to work with picky babies as the latch is the same. also means no nipple confusion so you can swap between boob, bottle and back again with no issues. They are a little more than other bottles so try using 'mimi10' as a discount code...might not still be running though. Good luck :)

Thank you for the responses and for that link.