Breastfeeding Advice Needed

[babygirlmama1]

My DD now 8 weeks has pretty much exclusively breastfed for the whole 8 weeks! She's had a bottle once or twice or expressed milk and she's tried formula once which she hated!!

We're trying to give her a bottle more becuase I'm hating breastfeeding and I want to stop, but she refuses a bottle! She takes the bottle from my mum but refuses and screams from me or my partner! I've tried leaving the house and my partner doing it and we've tried different bottles etc but no luck!

So advice 1. How did you guys get your babies to take a bottle?! Which bottle did you find work best!

ALSO! She only seems to associate me with feeding!! When I hold her to feed she feeds nicely and then will go to sleep! But when she will normally during the day wake up after a 45-60 min nap and want feeding again I don't have a problem feeding her again! She always comes off the boob by herself and when she's full I offer it her again but she turns away so I know she's full! But when she's done feeding and it's time for sensory play or just some awake time she never settles with me! She just always seems to be looking for the boob!!! And when I offer it to her she refuses! She will happily settle in my OH arms and be content chilling but as soon as I hold her she wants food!! It seems like she only associates me with feeding!!

So advice 2. Is this normal? I feel pretty shit if all I seeem to be good for is feeding and she doesn't want me for anything else! Anyone else just feel like a milk machine at the moment

Have you tried expressing a bottle? Or are you trying the bottle with formula?

I would try with expressed Milk, make sure it’s heated up, little One is calm and get oh to feed the bottle. Then move on to formula. I’ve always used tommee tippee bottles. Also I would start with dropping the same feed each day if possible.

It’s hard when you don’t have an option but to breastfeed.

My little one is 14 weeks old. I’m exclusively bf also. She doesn’t take a dummy so I do feel like she is on me most of the day. I’ve made a point with expressing so I know she will take a bottle. Although I feel like it’s more of an effort to do that but also feel it will help in the long run.

I know it doesn't feel like it at the time but 8 weeks is so small still. She'll gain more developmentally at this age from cuddles and demand feeding than sensory play. Just take it as it comes and let her lead you. My eldest fed hourly at that age. It is really hard going but some babies are just like that I think.
I don't have any advice about bottles though sorry, mine refused point blank no matter how hard I tried.
Enjoy those lovely baby snuggles .