Help - 13 week old BF baby suddenly refusing bottle - what do i do?

[BettyFriedan]

Introduced a bottle with EBM at 6 weeks but only used it very occasionally - but until this week DD has taken to it like a duck to water,no problems at all.
Left a bottle with DH on sunday to get a couple of hours break - to be rung up by hysterical DH and screaming DD who had refused it
Same happened again last night.
Foresee a life with no haircuts, coffees, break for the next year.
How do I get her to take it again? And is it my fault for only giving it so occasionally that she's 'forgotten' about it...

Hi there, which bottles are you using? DD2 refused avent bottles, but took well to tommee tipee closer to nature, the teat is very much like a nipple. They were a god send to me, when my nipples were in a state! Hope this helps

yes i've been using the tommee tippee ones....she was fine from the beginning and then suddenly - she changed her mind! Don't know what to do!

not an uncommon phenomenon. some babies quickly show preference for where and how they prefer their milk. think of it as a sign of intelligence. me: 2 babies, 2 bottle refusniks.

Try a different bottle as she may be finding the teat to soft. Sadly no other teats fit that bottle but a wide necked bottle from superdrug / boots will take other teats like TT Nuby, MAM ULTIvent so then you aren;t havig to buy a tonne of bottles.

Hi, same issue here but I managed to get her to take a NUK latex teat (I bought mine in Asia but they are German so you should be able to get one)

Even if she does refuse for now when she starts solids you'll find she can go for much longer without a feed if you need time away.

I've had evenings out, haircuts and gone out and my baby has refused a bottle or a cup but has waited until I've come back.

Good luck.

She's nearly four months old so why not try a cup - one of the simple one-hole ones?

I might have to...I don't want to sound like a bad mother but I have theatre tickets I have had for months for next Thurs - first glam night out - and after a long hot fractious day I am feeling a bit desperate at the thought of not being able to go.
She's just refused the bottle again. Sigh.