6month old breastfed doesn't take bottle. dp says I should stop breastfeeding

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Just that really. I love bf and DC1 was bf for 20 months. Dc2 not accepting bottle (neither did dc1 at the start). And I can't decide what to do. Dp says I need to stpp breastfeeding as dc is thwn more likely to accept soothing or bottle rrom him. I think there must be a better way since ahe and I both love the bfing. I just want him to be able to put her to sleep at bedtime some of the time. Is this possible? I shpuld know this but I don't. Thanks.

Err if your baby won't accept a bottle then stopping bfeeding is notlikely to change that!

If you dotn want to stop them don't, its not up to your dh!

There are plenty of ways he can be involved with the baby without giving a bottle.

If you are happy breadfeeding I hope you can continue with it. My youngest son is almost 8 months old, ebf, and our bedtime routine is now something like this;

Shared bath for Ds1 (2.5 yrs) and 2 (8 months), then into pyjamas/sleepsuit, both boys, me and DH hop onto our bed, I feed baby while DH reads stories to DS1, then often DH puts baby to bed (cuddle and he settles himself), while I put DS1 to bed with songs. So, perfectly possible to bf baby but DH put him to bed.

I keep meaning to introduce a bottle so I can have time out sometimes, no harm in an occasional bottle but no harm in keeping up the bf too.

Good luck with it all.

Yeah. True. But can I go out in the evening and leave knowing she will slwep? I do this already but he complains it is a lot harder without my 'secret weapon'. I agree on the not taking bottle thing. My take on it is she should just be given milk in a cup npw and we should be thankful that we won't have a bottle to wean her off as well eventually.

Thanks Road

Our 5mo ebf DS has also been rejecting the bottle (despite having 2 weeks of exclusive bottle feeding early on for medical reasons!) - the lactation consultant said that from this age it's okay to skip bottles and move straight to sippy cups (but not the non-spill ones, as they need stronger suction than younger babies can manage) or even normal cups if needed, provided that they are carefully fed by an adult. This may not be the nightly solution that your dp is looking for, but it could give you occasional backup/time off and may let him play a role more often.

My dp is hoping to give me more freedom but for aome reason has it stuck in his head that the ebf is the problem.

Dp can sod off. If your baby wants boob give it.

DD2 would eat yoghurt and drink dilute juice from a feeding cup by 7-8 months and settle to bed for DH, once a week.

She never took a bottle and wouldn't drink formulae or cows milk.

Never has, at about 10 DD1 convinced her to try milkshakes and hot chocolate, which she does like now. But I don't think she'll ever drink plain milk.

Oh and tell your DP that if you didn't BF he'd be responsible for buying, formula, bottles, steriliser (don't let on it's pretty unnecessary after 6M) and ensuring every bottle, especially ones in the middle of the night have to be made up to the letter of the new, really complex, guidelines.

Oh and your not going to cuddle DS while he does it.

I think he might quickly shut up.