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Breast Feeding to Pumped Bottle
Asked by R.M. from Madison
on February 6, 2008
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I have a 3 month old breast-fed baby girl. The last few days my husband has tried to introduce a bottle of pumped milk. One time she drank 1 oz. and then freaked out. ...
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- I know its frustrating. My daughter refused a bottle even after I went back to work. Luckily I worked in a small office a couple evenings a week, so my hubby would j...
- Keep trying, but you might be too late. With my first, I tried giving a bottle after a few months so that my husband and I could go out for a night, but my son said N...
- I didn't breastfeed, but I know even for bottle fed babies you sometimes have to try different style of bottles and nipples.
Baby Refuses Bottle
Asked by M.S. from San Francisco
on February 5, 2009
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I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions on how to help my baby "like" the bottle. She is 4 months old and I've been trying since one month. Obviously she is exclusivel...
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- Hello M., I had the same problem with all of my children. (I am a mother of 5, trying for number 6.) The ONLY way I could get any of them to accept breast milk in ...
- If you really need to go out that bad, just go. She won't starve in an evening. If she's hungry enough and you're not there, she'll eat from the bottle. And if you com...
- If shes hungry dshe will take it just maybe not from you.
Infant Refuses Bottle - HELP!
Asked by D.B. from Dallas
on November 3, 2010
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I breastfeed exclusively. Since I will be returning to work soon, we have started offering our daughter a bottle once a day to get her used to it. (No formula--I pum...
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- D., I had this issue with my daughter also. Unfortunately, she was never a big fan of the bottle (she's now 16 mths), but she didn't starve once I went back to wor...
- My first born would not take the bottle. When I finally went back to work my mom spoon fed her breast milk while I was at work. This is probably not an option for ...
- You have some great advice from Ephie below. But I have one other suggestion try a different bottle. My son hated the Breastflow bottles. We switched to Born Free and ...
8 Month Old Refuses Bottle
Asked by R.A. from Washington DC
on September 16, 2008
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My 8 month old is rejecting the bottle. He was taking the bottle for months, we got too slack with it and now he completely refuses it. We're trying all the obvious,...
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- Actually, if he's already taking a sippy cup, congratulations!!! You're already doing what a lot of doctors recommend, and getting him away from the bottle. He's sti...
- My 11 month old loves the Nuby sippy cups. They do not have any valves just a soft top that is great for transition from bottle to sippy. She also likes the Nuby cup...
- I am a part time Occupational Therapist (pediatric) and off course a mommy. I nursed both of mine and my daughter was stubborn with this too. First is it you that is...
7-Month Old Refusing to Nurse, Also Refuses Bottle and Sippy Cup - Need Help!
Asked by B.F. from Denver
on June 19, 2009
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Hi,
My son is 7 months old and is exclusively breastfed. Breastfeeding has been going well for the past few months. Two weeks ago, he started biting me at the begin...
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- Is there any chance the antibiotics did not work and he still has an ear infection? This happened to my oldest when she was 7 and had strep throat. If you have not y...
- Hi, I have a 7-month old as well and he also drinks far less milk than he used to, even though he is still drinkingn from a bottle. Sounds to me like yours just wants ...
- Hello! Well, I feel for you. I have a 10-month-old who I'm actually in the process of trying to gradually wean from the breast but he has the opposite problem, he do...
My Baby Won't Take a Bottle of Breast Milk
Asked by C.J. from Reno
on July 31, 2008
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My three month old daughter was taking a bottle with no problems and now she completely refuses it. I am frustrated that I cannot leave her for more than three hours w...
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- Hi, we had the same problem for awhile. It became a battle. My husband would feed her a bottle, and she would throw a fit. We would just close allt he window and le...
- My friend went through this. Just keep offering the bottle and evetually she'll accept it. My daughter also wouldn't eat well unless I fed her. I think this just tak...
- we had the same problem & discovered our babies had outgrown the low flow nipples. try med. flow & see if that helps.
Bottle Refusal
Asked by K.J. from Los Angeles
on July 25, 2008
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I breastfeed my beautiful 3 1/2 month old daughter exclusively, however for the past couple of months she has refused a bottle - not of formula but of breast milk. Th...
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- Hi K., I also had the same problem & never actually got my daughter to take a bottle. It was a great stress on me, until I finally weened her (around 13 months). So...
- Oh, I so feel your pain. It's what happened to us with DS1. He REFUSED to take a bottle, but I had to go back to work. Thankfully spouse and I were splitting our sc...
- What worked for us (after trying MULTIPLE bottles, nipples, etc) was a latex nipple- I think it must be softer and more like the real deal. Anyway, of course daddy fe...
Need Advice Re: Feeding a 6 Month Old Who Refuses the Bottle
Asked by S.D. from Albany
on February 24, 2009
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Hi Everyone,
I have been lucky to be able to take my daughter to work with me. I nurse her & we started introducing the bottle when she was 8wks old. She absolutely...
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- Hi. I don't know if my story will help but you may want to explore seeing a feeding specialist who works with infants. My daughter had failure to thrive as a result...
- I wish I could offer advice, but I only have sympathy. My youngest was the same and nothing worked: it was breast or starve. At around 8 months she finally started tak...
- try a sippy cup. kids know what they are ready for, sometimes before us.
Breast to Bottle/sippy Cup Advice
Asked by E.M. from San Diego
on July 25, 2008
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Hi there! I would greatly appreciate tips for geeting my son off the breast and on to a sippy cup/bottle. He is 10.5 months old and he has never taken to a bottle e...
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- We started my daughter on the bottle immediately because I have implants and we supplemented with formula. Also, dad always did the 3:00-4:00 A.M. feeding. She's 19 ...
- A bottle/breast fed baby would have a feeding schedule that closely resembles ours (Longer time between feedings). Offering baby 3-8oz of milk per feeding 3-4X per da...
- I gave my breastfed daughter pumped milk in the born free Sippy cup. She wouldn't take it laying in my arms... She knew it wasn't the breast. Instead I tried a totall...
Baby Won't Take a Bottle!
Asked by L.S. from Madison
on August 4, 2008
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I have a 2 month old son who loves breastfeeding. I'm very grateful that we do not have any difficulties with nursing, but he refuses to take a bottle. We've tried t...
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- I was in the same situation with my daughter, and she never ended up taking a bottle. We spent over $50.00 on different kinds before giving up. If your son doesn't t...
- My son loved the NUK nipple - I got the extra wide one to simulate the breast. I don't know if these bottles are made of the kind of plastic that's safe for babies, bu...
- My first daughter would only drink from a natural latex nipple and it had to be the different shaped one. She couldn't get a good suction from the standard silicone n...
