My 3 month old daughter doesn't like her Daddy feeding her....any advice?!?

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My 3 month old daughter is bottle-fed and will create all sorts of fuss if her Daddy tries to feed her. The only time she seems to allow it is first thing in the morning when she is really hungry; but you can see she's not that wild about it. I really hope that this is just a phase she's going through - and gets over it quite quickly, as it's really upsetting my husband, he's ever such a good, hands-on Daddy, and our 18 month old son just adores him. Any advice would be gratefully received!!

I would keep at it, it is easier on everyone if she doesn't rely solely on you for food. My ds wouldn't take ebm from my dh if he knew I was in the house! So I used to go out and do the shopping when ds was hungry enough to accept the bottle. Same with weaning too, i usually feed ds but ask dh to help if he is back from work early or around on the weekends. dh sometimes askes me to step in because ds is used to me, but that is exactly the reason why I shouldn't - ds needs to be able to take food from others, especially as he is off to dmil three days a week at the end of the summer!

Get Daddy to put something that smells like Mummy on whilst feeding and gradually take it away - perhaps a dressing gown or a muslin that you could wear for a while.

Had the same problem with my DS at around the same age, although he's breast fed. We just tried making sure he wasn't in a fractious mood when DH was going to feed him (usually it was the bedtime feed, which is when my DS has a tendency to go into meltdown if we don't act quickly, so we bathed him nice and early). I also stayed completely out of the way at bathtime - wouldn't even show my face or speak to DH in earshot. And we had to persevere through crying and screaming without giving in. He got the message and now takes a bottle fine. You could also try getting your DH to feed him in a different position to you. The main thing is try not to give in. I know it's hard though.