Tips for Bottle Refusal

[MySonIsAlsoNamedBort]

Hi all,

My daughter is 3.5 months and used to take a bottle no problem, then she went through a particularly fussy period where I simply didn't have time to pump milk so it was all straight from the breast and now she is refusing to drink from the bottle.
I've tried multiple different bottles, being out of the room and leaving her with her Dad so he can try, quickly swapping my nipple to the bottle, different spots in the house, walking around with her and feeding her, taking breaks and trying again - all of this with no luck.
I was wondering if anyone has any different or even weird things that worked for them?

Also, has anyone had luck with a Mimijumi bottle? So expensive but would consider it if I knew I'd have better luck.

Thanks in advance!

3rd baby here. Dd1-combi fed from 12 weeks...no issues. DS never really took a bottle. Dd2 introduced bottle 6-8 weeks took like a dream then stopped. 2 weeks protest around 4 months...now ff ok.
Honestly keep doing what you are doing. Stick with a bottle. Sit baby in bouncy chair to feed. Try bottle at 6pm and leave good 40 mins bfing before or after.
Good luck and hang in there.

I tried the mimijumi bottle with mine and didn’t have much luck to be honest. It does indeed look impressively breast-like but in my experience it isn’t the appearance that put my babies off bottle feeding, it was the lack of warmth, smell and softness. In the end I had success with the purple lansinoh bottle which was a good deal cheaper than the Mimijumi. Someone once advised me that rather than trying to replicate the conditions of a breastfeed to actually try to make it completely different and distinct when offering the bottle, although it does sound like you have tried all sorts. Does she take a dummy? Not sure if you said but are you trying to introduce a bottle to transition totally to bottle feeds or for the occasional feed?

@Puddlelane123 just the occasional feeds, so if i need fo be away from her for more than a couple of hours it's possible.
She's not interested in dummies really, though I haven't tried particularly hard to have her take one.

Patience....Mine also preferred the brown teats rather than the clear silicone ones - they were softer I think.

Is she teething? DS has gone on periodic bottle strikes since three months every time his teeth have been bothering him. Probably not helped by the fact we use Medela teats, so he does need to work a bit , but the first time he did it I tried the bog standard free flow ones and the wee bugger tried to throw the bottle away.

What did work a bit was a dose of Calpol, giving it time to kick in and then his dad exploiting his massive fear of missing out - so he drinks a bit, DS drinks a bit.