BF baby refusing bottle

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So my 5 month bf old baby has been having one bottle of expressed or goats milk formula a night since she was born and the rest is BF. We use lansinoh bottles, we tried her on MAM at first as we already had those with DD1 so just replaced teats. She didn't take to them well but haven't had an issue with lansinoh until this week. Absolutely screams murder when trying to give her bottle of an evening, dh has tried so she can't smell me but to no avail. Usually she would take 4 oz bottle and then nurse for about half an hour too. I always wanted her to be able to take bottle just in case of emergency and I wasn't there and until this week she always has had night bottle and has had the odd day bottle when visitng family over Xmas etc. She is a little under weather, bit of a blocked nose so I don't know if this is the cause. Has anyone else experienced bf baby going off bottle? I have an afternoon out planned with friends in a couple of weeks for first time in long time, will only be about 5 hours at most but was really hoping for her to visit in laws with dh and some expressed milk. Its probably nothing to do with bottles we are using, but does anyone have any tips or advice? TIA

It could be her cold. It could just be that she prefers the breast.

How close are you to 6 months? From them she can have milk in a sippy cup. It doesn't have to be in a bottle.

If you've started weaning by then as well she might be alright with some food and water while you're gone (assuming you're not gone for the whole day)

Thanks for reply @Twizbe she will be 6 months the day I go out but was going to start weaning a couple of days before. I will be out 5 hours at the most.

Hoping it is just the cold and that she takes to weaning well, especially for when I go back to work!

At that age, with some solids, if you feed before you leave and as soon as you get back you should be ok.

Can you return quickly if needed as well?

You could also offer milk in a sippy cup from 6 months.

Yes my BF baby did this - after always taking an expressed bottle each evening from DH, he just suddenly one evening started refusing and screaming. It went on for days. Like you I just needed to know that he COULD take a bottle if I couldn’t be there.
As the bottle would have been in his mouth if he refused for over an hour it was spoiled so no option but for me to feed him. So he was learning that if yourefuse bottle you then get BF!
So what we did was express 8oz and rather than one bottle we split between 4 bottles. I cleared off and DH tried one bottle. After it had to be discarded there was another one to try when he started fussing again. And another etc. He took the fourth one and we never had the issue again.
nearly 20 years ago so maybe this isn’t good advice now but it worked for us

Yes @Twizbe won't be far away. I am hoping she takes to solids, she seems extremely interested in what me and Dh and dd 1 are eating. Thanks @Ssmiler we have had a little success tonight with a tip somebody told me about heating teat up right before bottle is given, I placed it into some previously boiled hot water and put it on, she fussed for around 20 seconds and then took half of it, so feel some progress is made! But I think like you said, she knows what she prefers and will try and get it! After half the bottle she refused and was crying to be bf. Tomorrow I will get dh to give bottle.