Refusing bottle??

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Ds is 7.5 months. He's cutting his first tooth. Around 5 months, I introduced one good sized bottle of formula of approx 200ml on an evening before bedtime routine. Otherwise, he's been breastfed.

He's now refusing this bottle. Which is the exact opposite of what I've wanted to do!!! I ideally wanted to introduce a second bottle at some point in the morning.

I have tried increasing the flow of the teat (had kept it on lowest to be more like breast).

He's been feeding like a beast and more at night (expected as cutting a tooth and not getting as much milk!!!). He's eating three meals a day and doing pretty well with purées and moving into textures.

He was diagnosed with a mild tongue tie, but nothing has been done about it. Feeding quite painful again (probably because of tooth?).

Just not sure how I get back to where we were with him happily taking bottles! Don't want to stop trying in case he never starts again. Had no end of problems with his sister (now 2.5) refusing all forms of bottle and so I felt forced into continuing to breastfeed long after I wanted to, leading to awful aversion, which I've so far managed to mostly avoid.

Help!! Is this just teething?

He's still bottle refusing. Loving boob though. Do I continue to bother?? It's starting to make me really down and feel trapped with continuing to breastfeed.

How do people wean from boob???

My daughter decided to stop, so I don't know how to do it.

Still refusing. Fucking depressing. I feel trapped breastfeeding.

I'd given it a break even offering a bottle for about a week. No dice.

I’m sorry no one has answered your thread. I didn’t BF so can’t really offer any advice but I’m bumping for you

He may be refusing the bottle because he's teething and sore and booby is a massive source of comfort.
I'm all for weening off the boob but don't think that doing it when they're poorly / teething and having a regression is the best time. Sure once the tooth is through and he's happier he'll be more open to trying x

I wasn't trying to wean, per say... just get to a more 'combo' fed mix. He still won't take the bottle. So maybe one mid morning and one before bed?

He was happily taking bottles of either expressed milk or formula since he was a week or two old on the odd occasion. It was at 5 months that I moved to one bottle of formula at 6pm. He did that happily for just over two months. Now still won't take bottle. I suspect top teeth are coming in now.

I just want to get some modicum of 'independence' back from time to time. I suppose it doesn't matter as dh has always made me do all feeding anyway as 'he won't take it from me,' and that old chestnut, 'it's just easier if you do it.' 🤔

Anbesol liquid before feeding or try giving it in a cup.

That wasn't very clear: I'd like him to have two bottles of formula a day. At present, he won't take any. But was happily doing so for months. He stopped taking it at all just about when he cut his first tooth. He now has two bottom teeth but I think two up top may be coming. But he still won't take any bottles.

Have you tired a sippy cup?

At his age there is no reason why he has to take milk from a bottle. If he's drinking water from a cup with meals he may well take milk that way too.

Is he ready to drop a feed as well? By that age both of mine had dropped their lunch time feed which meant I had from 10 - 3 each day without breastfeeding.

If it helps, my eldest was combi fed and happily went from boob to bottle. I hated doing it as it was such a faff. Introduced bottles to my youngest at the same time and in the same way and she flatly refused. She hated dummies as well. I didn't mind too much as it was easier than combi feeding. She happily took milk from a cup though.