K.H. asks from Peoria, AZ on April 28, 2008
My 3Mo Old HATES Bottles
My son HATES bottles and pacifiers, etc!! Which is making it difficult for me to go to work. Thank goodness Im only away from home one day a week. However, that one day is torture of my in laws. Has anyone been through this? Has any suggestions? We've started trying to give him bottles at home but he screams/howls/squeals his discontentment and refuses to eat until he is breastfed again. I have breastfed him from day one but he's had a few bottles here and there without issue, until recently. Help!
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M.M. answers from Phoenix on April 29, 2008
My daughter was the same way (she still does not care for pacifiers). My husband had to sit there trying to get her to eat from the bottle for like an hour. She would scream & fuss and finally exhaust herself and eat. I know it sounds cruel but now she is taking them w/o any problems. I too work mostly from home but go into the office once a week and that one day was no fun for my mom & mother-in-law or for me that night since she was starving when I would get home and would just want to eat all night. So my advice would be don't waste your money buying all different kinds of bottles (I did that and she now will drink from the original bottles I had) and just keep trying, he will eventually give in!! Good luck!
N.A. answers from Phoenix on April 29, 2008
I went through that same thing with my daughter (now 9 months old) when I went back to work. We tried all different kinds of bottles and nipples. The ones she liked best were the Gerber bottles with rubber nipples. We also discovered that she didn't want to be held while taking a bottle. We laid her down on the couch one day and she went to town! We just wish we had figured that out before all the tears (hers and mine!).
Good luck to you - hope you find something that works!!
A.W. answers from Phoenix on April 29, 2008
What you describe is exactly what I went through with my daughter (now 7 months old). She would take a bottle fine until around 3 months old and then...nothing. No paci, no bottle...nothing but me!!
Here are some things to try - you could try a different bottle, but they are expensive to keep trying different ones. I did this and found that my daughter would take the "breastflow" bottle by The First Years (I've only ever seen it at babies r us). We also found that if we weren't holding her (she was in her carrier), she would take a bottle and a pacifier - a little bit at first and then gradually more. So you could try that. To get her to take it while holding her in my arms, I had to hold the bottle in her mouth while she screamed for like 5 minutes but then she took it and has taken it ever since! Good luck!
J.V. answers from Phoenix on April 28, 2008
My son was the same way. I just had to try different bottles, but honestly, he never took one well. Try an adiri natural nurser, as it is more breast-shaped.
W.L. answers from Phoenix on April 30, 2008
I went through this same thing when I went back to work. I still pumped. My mom watched my son. It took about a week for him to get used to the bottle. Just remember, and this may sound mean. But he will take the bottle if he is really hungry. He might be mad and complain. But he will get used to it. It is just all about time.
K.V. answers from Phoenix on April 30, 2008
My daughter was the same way, she would rather strave then take a bottle. I had to return to work and her pedi told me that it was okay to introduce stage one foods, so she could get something in her while I was at work. My husband would bring her by on my lunch breaks so I could BF. My daughter never took a bottle, but if your son did he might just be fighting the change of you not being there, Ask your pedi if they can feed him stage 1 foods while you are at work, also try introing a sippy cup (like th Nuby), he might take it out of there.
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