Refuses Bottle: Avent
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He Will NOT Take a bottle...help
Asked by J.P. from Minneapolis
on December 29, 2008
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My 2 month old loves nursing and I love nursing him, too. However, I go back to work in a month so we have been trying to use the bottle a little to prepare him for d...
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- My son was the same way. He refused all bottles. We tried almost everyone one on the market and he refused them all. The only one we had semi-good luck with was the...
- Talk to a La Leche League leader to help you with this transition. Just google it and you will find someone in your area. Also look at askdrsears.com. He has great...
- My daughter was the same way (she is now two) and my son (who is 10 weeks) seemed like he has the same tendencies, but we make sure he has had the bottle once or twice...
Baby Will Not Take a Bottle Without a Fight
Asked by A.B. from Chicago
on December 18, 2008
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my baby girl is pretty much exclusively nursed.
when i do go out, she gives who ever tries to give her a bottle trouble.
tonight she cried for 45 min before falling ...
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- I nurse my daughter when I am home. When she takes the bottle, she prefers the Playtex disposable nursers. The latex (brown) nipple is very much like natural and the...
- the platex drop ins are the only one my son will take too. We tried an Adiri and he refused it. You can also try to cup feed her or spoon feed her your milk.
- I tried a bunch of different bottles with my daughter. She refused them all. I wish I had a suggestion. Instead, let me just say GOOD LUCK.
5 Week Old Will Not Take Bottle!
Asked by R.S. from Phoenix
on November 12, 2008
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My five week old son will not take a bottle, he took it for a few minutes the first fews days we started him (4 weeks) and now he just screams and won't take it. We'r...
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- Some babies really just prefer the breast over the bottle. Usually, it's the other way around! Try not heating the bottle up all the way...it doesn't need to be any wa...
- When my baby did that we just put a little syrup on the nipple to get her to suck on it. It took a few tries but eventually she was fine.
- Have you tried the BreastFlow bottles? They are a two nipple system that mimics the breast. meaning, the baby has to compress to get any milk. I would try different bo...
Trying to Find a Bottle Nipple My Daughter Will Take!!
Asked by L.R. from Boca Raton
on May 26, 2006
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HELP!! I am currently breastfeeding and trying to find a bottle nipple that my 10 week old daughter will take!! We have been trying for six weeks now and have tried 8 ...
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- Have you tried Dr Brown's yet? They have a smaller nipple and the bottle is designed with a vaccuum (good for colic, spitup, ear infections etc.) I had really good luc...
- I am a SAHM of 2. I had the same problem with my daughter. We had to special order a brestshapped bottle for her because when I went back to work my husband had to sta...
- Avent bottles made in england worked great for me. I had three kids that were breast fed and the pediatrician told me this is one of the easiest nipples for kids to tr...
My Baby Won't Take a Bottle! Help
Asked by B.B. from Los Angeles
on April 7, 2008
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My daughter was introduced to a bottle at 3 weeks and was goven one about once per week.
A week ago she refused it all together!
I am starting work part time soon a...
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- Hi B. Don't worry! I have several girlfriends who had this problem, so I don't think it's unusual! A few of them found that using a nipple shield when feeding (th...
- hi B. b, were you the one giving her the bottle? perhaps it would be good to have someone else give the bottle instead of you. it is said that breastfed babies reall...
- B., Please don't use a nipple shield. It can affect the way your baby nurses and can cause your milk supply to drop. I would recommend, like the most recent post, t...
Baby Won't Take Bottle
Asked by C.M. from Dallas
on October 29, 2008
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I have an 8 wk old who I have been breastfeeding exclusively. I have started pumping and am trying to get her to take a bottle as I will be returning to work. She is...
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- Both of my daughter's did the exact same thing, and I was a mess the first day back to work because of it. All I can tell you is that it took some time for them to ge...
- Hi Christina- I had the same problem until I was introduced to The first years/ Breast Flow bottles for infants. In my opinion, they are the closest replication to an ...
- If you have been breastfeeding, then there is no way she will take the bottle from YOU at first. In fact, I couldn't even be in the same room when my girls first star...
Baby Wont Take to a Bottle
Asked by M.W. from Boston
on October 7, 2010
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okay, my baby girl leah is 10 weeks old she is breastfed i have been trying to get her to take to the bottle so i can go back to work and so her nana and all could tak...
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- Make someone else feed them to her. Most babies don't want mom to feed them a bottle because they know that mom has the food. Leave for a period of time (one in which ...
- I agree have someone else try to feed her, dont even be in the room, becuase if she smells/hears/senses you she still may not take the bottle from confusion....the bre...
- I had the same problem w/ my DD where she refused the bottle. Like you, I went out & bought every bottle imaginable. I had to go back to work when she turned 12 weeks...
Baby Wont Take a Bottle
Asked by H.H. from Tucson
on December 7, 2009
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My 9 week old son will not take a bottle! My husband has tried at least once a day for the past 4 days and he's only taken one feeding on Sat. successfully (I know 9 ...
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- I had this issue with the NUK bottles, and now I just use the plain cheap ones from wal-mart! they work great, better than the expensive ones I think. Just don't str...
- H., I know it can be frustrating when our babies won't eat..but fear not - He will eat, and probably when you are not around. All 4 of my children did NOT like taki...
- Don't try new bottles - try different nipples. They aren't very expensive, and most of them are interchangeable with any bottle. I went through this same thing with ...
10-Week Old Won't Take a Bottle
Asked by N.K. from Atlanta
on December 29, 2007
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We have been trying to get our breastfed ten-week-old boy to take a bottle ever since he was three weeks. Unfortunately, he will be starting daycare in two weeks and ...
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- Have you tried switching nipple types and not just bottles? Have you tried to give him the bottle, or has it been only family? I found that when it came time to take m...
- I say first let her get use to you offering him a bottle before u switch to someone else.And the position may also be a factor as well as the nipple type...try and get...
- There is a bottle that looks like a boob. I am not kidding. I think I have seen it in the one step ahead catalog. THey also have a website. onestepahead.com. It is...
Baby Won't Take a Bottle!
Asked by M.D. from Jacksonville
on April 23, 2009
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My baby is just over 3 months old and breastfed since birth. She was given (literally) a handful of bottles of formula & pumped milk during her first month when I was ...
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- I had the same problem with my daughter. She refused just about every bottle out there. My husband wanted to feed her but she refused any and all of the bottles. We ev...
- Just wondeing if you are in the room when your husband is trying to give the bottle. My youngest would only take avent bottles from my husband when I was out of site.
- Sorry this is so late, but I did experience this with my daughter. It was almost like she wouldn't take my milk from a bottle, but she would take formula from a bottl...
