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Bottle refusal

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foodislife1 · 18/01/2024 13:43

I'm trying to get my 10 week old baby to take the bottle so we can give her a bottle feed in the evening..but she won't take it. We've tried various teat sizes/styles but it won't work. I'm hoping for some positive stories where an EBF baby took to the bottle!
If they did, how long did it take?

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parietal · 18/01/2024 13:45

Give it a week. Offer bottle at the same time every day. Same teat. Offer the 10 minutes then switch to breast. Keep it low stress and it will work.

foodislife1 · 18/01/2024 13:49

@parietal did you have success? Which brand did you use?

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Nicolahollie · 18/01/2024 14:09

Huge reply here, sorry!!!!

I was in the EXACT same position as you when my DD was that age, she is 6 months old today. I think I even posted on here about it.

I was desperate for her to take a bottle so I could get a break at times (EBF) although I always wanted to breastfeed so was my choice. But taking the bottle just didn't happen at that age. She would cry and cry and scream, tried every trick in the book but she was having none of it. I came to accept that that was just the way it was and to embrace it; when she started solids it would be better and could make use a sippy cup. She also wouldn't take a soother/dummy/pacifier.

However, when she started sucking everything in sight, her hands, toys etc I thought I'd give it another go, my thinking that she's enjoying sucking on everything she might just suck on a bottle/soother... low and behold she took both all of a sudden one random day. I would say around 4 months ish. Now she absolutely loves her bottle and gets frustrated if she can see it and it's not quite ready 🙈

So just hang in there, it may happen. I do know some mammas whose babies didn't take to a bottle but only a few.

We're slowly phasing out breastfeeding I think just naturally she wants more and my milk isn't filling her up. We combi feed now with breastfeeding and formula, I never expressed. However I absolutely love feeding her myself, I love the contact and the little snuggles we have and will be gutted when I don't feed her anymore 😢

There is hope, hang in there, stay strong. Just remember that whatever is going on now and other days, it isn't forever and there will be some things you will miss once it's gone 😊

foodislife1 · 18/01/2024 14:25

@Nicolahollie thank you so much! Its so reassuring to hear :) like you, DH and DM are not around enough so I'll be the one feeding her!
Will persist and hope for the best 🤞🏽

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Nicolahollie · 18/01/2024 17:30

@foodislife1 just don't put any pressure on yourself or baby. I know it is soooo hard in the beginning and whilst breastfeeding is (unfairly) pushed, although it doesn't work for or suit everyone, nobody tells you how difficult it is being the only one who can feed. It's certainly not something that crossed my mind and I don't think for a second we would have issues with bottle feeding. But we got there and so will you.

I promise you it will get easier 🩷

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