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Sudden bottle refusal?

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gds05 · 19/04/2026 14:28

My baby is 19 weeks old and has been EBF. over the last 2 weeks we have been trying to introduce a bottle of formula to eventually fully formula feed.

He was doing great with it, we found that MAM bottles with size 1 teats worked well and we started with 50/50 of breastmilk & formula. We then managed to get it to fully formula and he was taking a 6oz bottle. However on Friday he was just refusing the bottle and back to screaming as soon as we put it near him & hitting it away. We’ve tried again everyday over the weekend and still not getting anywhere, I tried mixing with breastmilk and he still won’t take it.
My husband has tried feeding him and again won’t take it.

any tips on how to get him to take the bottle again? 😭

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TinyMouseTheatre · 19/04/2026 16:33

Have you tried going out so that BFing isn’t an option?

gds05 · 19/04/2026 16:36

TinyMouseTheatre · 19/04/2026 16:33

Have you tried going out so that BFing isn’t an option?

Yep he won’t take it.

funnily enough when he was having the bottle this week he would only take it from me not my husband

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