4 month old breastfed baby refusing bottle. Desperate to get her on the bottle. Help

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She last had a breast feed at 6.45 this morning. Has refused every feed from the bottle since. Have only offered expressed milk. She has had and accepted the bottle before on occasions & a couple of formula. I really need to wean her to the bottle. Has anyone else had this problem?

I have come this far now i feel if i give her breast I'll be bfeeding until she weans herself which i really don't want.

I imagine i'll be up all night with her due to missed feeds whether she has a bottle now or not?

I'm glad I'm not the only one struggling with this! DD is 8 months and I'm trying to wean her from a couple of daytime feeds before I go back to work. Thought it would be easy, but she has since decided bottles are not for her. Have had some success with water from a bottle today, after giving her one instead of a cup with her meals for the last few days. Now have to convince her that breast milk from a bottle is OK. DH is going to try to feed her tonight to see if he can get her to accept it. Will also try a couple of different teats and see if that helps. Will keep you posted on how I go if that's any help!

I too has this problem and bought every bottle and cup on the market and (you probably don't want to hear this) my DS never took any of them.
I understand exactly how you feel as I felt the same.
I'd happily send you some bottles if you want to try them? I have a nuk, mothercare ones, Dr Brown, Avent and probably another couple.
Let me know

I managed to solve the problem with faster flowing teats

I know exactly how you feel. My dd wouldn't take a bottle until she was 5 or 6 months and I was nearly at the end of my tether. She wanted to feed from me all the time as a comfort thing and no one else could settle settle her. I also have a DS who is 11 months older and I found it a real strain.

We kept perservering with bottles, making sure it was Dh who would give her one and trying all sizes of teats. We found a slow flowing teat which dd had to work for the milk suited her the best, and she liked it warm as well. If you can get your dd to take even one bottle a day it gives you a massive sense of freedom (it certainly helped me!) and I ended up feeding her for 11 months quite happily. Good luck