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Baby won't drink from bottle

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Ladybird55 · 18/01/2020 08:35

Hello! I have transitioned from breastfeeding to formula but my 10 month old won't drink from the bottle and pushes it away... going back on the breast is a no no because he just bites me.... any advise please x

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RhymingRabbit3 · 18/01/2020 08:43

Try a different bottle which isnt trying to be like a breast e.g. we used a mam soft spout beaker

Get someone else to give him the bottle, such as your partner, because if you are there he will want to be breastfed.

Or try and address the biting issue and continue breastfeeding. kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/biting/

Fatted · 18/01/2020 08:44

Sippy cup?

ColdWinterChild · 18/01/2020 08:44

A doidy cup worked with mine

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Marinetta · 18/01/2020 08:46

My 9 month old didn't want a bottle so we just put him straight on a sippy cup and he got the hang of it pretty quickly.

RockingMyFiftiesNot · 18/01/2020 08:47

Another one coming on to suggest a cup. I was still BF when I went back to work and 7 month old DS wouldn't take a bottle. A friend suggested going straight to a cup. It took a little while for him to get used to it but it was worth persevering - with the added benefit I didn't need to wean him off the bottle

Bellebp · 18/01/2020 08:51

I had this too with my middle daughter, it took a while but we got there. Main thing for her was the milk temperature, she started taking it when the milk was very warm.

BrokenLink · 18/01/2020 08:59

Another one saying no need for a bottle. Also, if she does not like drinking milk, it doesn't matter, because you can include lots of dairy products in her diet. Also give her a child's multivitamin for her vitamin d.

Weenurse · 18/01/2020 09:11

Soppy cup

TheClitterati · 18/01/2020 21:18

My two went straight from the breast to a sippy cup. Never used a bottle. There's loads of different ones on the market some of them are quite fancy, but I found the simply Tommy tippy with the little lift up and down bit by far the best one. They quickly learn how to lift their sippy bit up and down too.

Ladybird55 · 18/01/2020 23:19

Have tried going back on the breast, but he doesn't want to know. Have tried chicco and mam bottles and sippy cup, he just pushes them away. I don't know what to do, he isn't getting enough milk at the moment!

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