9 month old refusing EBM in bottle - NEED HELP - going away in 6 weeks

[Misspaella]

DS2 is 9m and BF and used to have a bottle of EBM every evening from newborn to about 4-5m. Long story short I started taking over all the feeds and he hasn't really been given bottles much since then.

Last week I left him with MIL and he refused the EBM from her but I thought maybe he just wasn't hungry.

Couple days ago I left him with DH for the day and he refused the EBM again all day long. I did BF him the morning and evening (and again in the middle of the night as he had missed 2 feeds during the day). DH said he notice he just chewed on the bottle teat and did not like it much.

I am going away for a whole weekend in May and am getting scared he may not take to the bottle now. He will miss about 6- 8 feeds over a 3 day period (1/2 day on Fri, full day Sat, 1/2 day Sun). Not going is NOT an option. I will lose over £200 (hen weekend) and he is my 3rd DC so dare I say, I am looking forward to a weekend away (selfish? maybe...but much needed)

Anyhow, could he have forgotten to take a bottle?

The teat size is still a "1" - could that be the problem?

He eats very well (mainly BLW with cereal and the like spoon fed) and takes to a sippy cup for water.

Have you gone through this and have tips/advice?

TIA

Why does he have to have a bottle? DS was always a bottle refuser so went straight on to sippy cups when I went back to work at 6.5 months. No problems!

try different bottle tops, we had a similar problem with ds, he never had a bottle and I had to stop bf suddenly. Took us a few days of finding something that he would take and ended up with avent soft zippy teats. maybe at this age he could go with an open cup?

thanks will try a cup instead.

Hi MissP Good luck dd will take water and diluted juice from her avent magic cup (soft spout) but not milk

Hiya Lady I am going to try a cup. I am in no mood to start a bottle battle.

misspaella, i have recently got dd2 to take a bottle by holding her facing away from me, i.e back of her head against my chest so she can still see what is going on in the room.
worth a try? i had tried everything unsuccessfully, till this!
good luck!

Im just wondering, it sounded like he got 4 BF in a day, is that right?

I thought by 9 months it would be one in morning and one at night?

I don't know, I can't remember now.

Reason Im asking is, I have a nearly 4 month old who refuses a bottle (eek).

My DS was great with it, he would take a bottle at night no problem and when I decided to stop BF as I weaned onto food at 5 months there was no issues.

DD is a whole different ball game. I started bottles of EBM at 2 weeks, if we missed even 1 night it was an issue the next night.

I got lazy and couldn't be bothered with the expressing so changed that bottle to formula and she reacted badly, think she has a dairy intollerence and now im BF exclusivly on dairy free diet. Trying to give her EBM is impossible now.

I have admitted defeat and the only thing that keeps me going is thinking, ah well, by 8/9 months it will be one feed in the morning and one feed at night.

Please tell me Im right people

WMDO sits nervously biting nails awaiting the replys

Ok too impatient - away to start own thread!!