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7 month old refusing bottle

5 replies

JNGO21 · 07/03/2023 10:06

Hello,
I’m looking for some tips and advice…
My baby is 7months and has been mainly breastfed but also taken 1 x bottle of formula every evening. We were trying to increase this so she’d take formula during the day as I’m back at work now.

She’s now refused all bottles including her night feed which she took consistently for 3 months!

At the moment it’s manageable as I’m mainly working from home and my husband is off with her. She’ll be starting nursery soon and I would really like her to be back on the bottle for nursery and for night times as currently it’s only me who can feed her.

She can drink from a cup but not loads.

Has anyone got any tips to get the baby back on the bottle?

We’ve been using MAM bottles which were really good but if there are some other magic bottles out there that have worked for anyone else?

thanks

OP posts:
SassyPants87 · 07/03/2023 11:47

Is she taking breast if you are offering instead of bottles? If so sounds like she has a breast preference over bottles. The only way to overcome this is to refuse giving breast I’m afraid. She will probably refuse the bottle a few times and then only take small amounts, but she will very quickly learn that food comes from the bottle

Bluestar27 · 23/07/2023 22:57

Hi, have just come across your post. My LO is 7months now and we are having the exact same problem. Did you find a way to over come this?

Bertiesmum3 · 02/09/2023 07:28

My daughter when 6 months old stopped drinking from a bottle and since that day has never touched milk!
she used a cup and she managed to use straws which was great

ilovecakes1 · 10/09/2023 22:48

Similar situation, exclusively breastfed, never used bottles. When I tried he refused them all with the exception of Lansinoh Baby Bottle with Natural Wave Teat. Worked a miracle for us!!

MargoP18 · 11/09/2023 15:56

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