Need help convincing DD to bottle feed!

[Firsttimmemummy]

Hello all!

I have a 3 month old DD who I currently BF. However I need to have all 4 wisdom teeth out under GA and have been told as I will be on a course of antibiotics after this I need to formula feed her for 5 days solid! I was just going to try and express enough milk to cover this time period but to be honest I don't think I'm capable of doing this, and besides she's never been fed from a bottle before and I don't think she understands what to do. I would like to combined feed her so she gets used to it for a bit but she just won't take anything from any bottle and screams until I give up and breastfeed her. Any ideas? Bottle wise, I have tried: Tommy Tippee Closer to Nature, Mimijumi, MAM, Dr Browns, plus a MAM sippy cup, all with no success!

Hi All

Quick update for anyone searching the talk archive with a similar issue:

I finally had my wisdom teeth out yesterday. DD is now happy taking milk from a bottle when needed so DH fed her while I was under GA or still woozy in recovery afterwards. I don't know if it was perseverance that cracked it, or just the right bottle; she will drink from a vital baby nurture bottle - I found it in boots, in an orange box - in my opinion it is the first bottle I have seen that genuinely replicates breastfeeding, but I know every baby is different. Worth a try if you're backed into the same corner!

I asked the anaesthetist how long I would have to wait following the GA before I could bf, she said just a few hours, whenever I was well enough and reminded me babies are put straight to breast following a Cesarean section I had a CS, should have known that

I then specifically requested to be given antibiotics that would work with bf and was told they would not automatically prescribe them for me, just if it looked like I might have an infection.

I also told them I couldn't have codeine for painkillers, so I'm just taking paracetamol and I'm doing fine on that and even more importantly I as able to bf DD to sleep last night and still give her a night feed.

So to summarise, bf is unaffected and I am now in a position where I can allow dd to be babysat, which is wonderful because it gives me a bit of a break to recover today. So based on my experience I would urge anyone in a similar situation to persevere with different bottles and they might find one dc will like. Also hospitals should work with you to help you to keep bf if you want to. xxx