Hi all. My baby is 8 weeks old and I’ve been trying (without success) to get her to take one bottle of my expressed milk a day with her dad. Does anyone have any tips on how to get her to take it?
We’ve tried different bottles, different teats, different temperatures. We’ve tried placing an item of my clothing near her and feeding at the same time of day every day. if I’m in the room she won’t even attempt it.
Even if she is really hungry she just won’t take it, she’ll gag and get herself in a state so I end up feeding her from my boob as I can’t bear to see her so upset.
It’s making me stressed as I have a few social bits planned over the next few months but I won’t be able to go at this rate. I feel like giving up as I’ve heard some babies can take a sippy cup at 4 months of onwards but I realise there’s no guarantee she will even take that.
She cluster feeds pretty much constantly from 8pm onwards until midnight so if her dad can give her a bottle it’d be great, plus he really wants to do this with her as a bonding exercise.