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Not accepting bottle from daddy

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sleepysarah2006 · 25/02/2010 22:32

I have been mostly bf my nearly 6 month old son for at least 5 months(he's breast fed all day,unless in situation when I can't,with a bottle feed as last feed of night).He takes a bottle fine for me,his grandma etc but will not take it from my husband.He screams and gets so worked up whenever he tries,even when he's very hungry.This means i can't have help at night with feeds or leave them for long.It's upsetting for us now.He used to be ok with hubby feeding but stopped few months ago.He will get so distressed when he offers it then I can litterally take him off my hubby and he'll take it from me in seconds.
Does anyone else has trouble, or any advice for us?Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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IHaveABlueCar · 25/02/2010 22:38

How about the other way round? So could you start the feed and your dh take over? At least try that a few times until he settles again with your dh.

How about dh lays one of your tops/jumpers over his chest sort of between him and the baby?

Also, does your dh get a bit uptight about it? I think babies can pick up on that. Would it help if you just left the room/house altogether?

IHaveABlueCar · 25/02/2010 22:40

Sorry, just realised that the last bit didn't really make sense. I mean, does your dh get frustrated/embarrassed by it? In my experience my dh/mum/mil etc all prefered it if I just leave them to it as they feel a bit self-conscious, especially when things are a bit trickier.

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