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7 Month Old Refuses to Eat from Bottle
Asked by S.F. from Denver
on April 13, 2008
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I have a 7 month old daughter who will not eat from a bottle. I have been breastfeeding. Up until about 2 months ago, she would occasionally eat a bottle of pumped m...
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- Go with the solid foods and try a sippy cup or regular cup. She's not going to starve herself. She'll eat one way or another.
- Well I don't really have any advice, but I have a one year old boy who has never and still does not take a bottle. I still breastfeed him. He eats other food too, but ...
- I had the same problem with my daughter. My son had no problem going back and forth from breast to bottle, but my daughter never liked the bottle. I tried every kind...
Breastfeeding Babe Refuses Bottle
Asked by C.G. from Norfolk
on January 30, 2008
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I have been breastfeeding my baby exclusivly since she was 2 weeks old. Now that she is 4 months old I would like to seperate from her for longer than 1 hour. I have ...
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- Hi C., I understand as my son breastfed til he was 14 months. I would recommend Avent bottles with the smallest nipples. I believe they have 1 or 2 holes. The mo...
- I went through the same thing as you. My youngest refused to take to the bottle. I finally found one that he liked. It was Gerber Nuk bottles. If she likes the Ger...
- It is sometimes hard to introduce a bottle to a breastfeed baby. One thing you may have to do is to let her cry till she is hungry enough to take the bottle. Have yo...
Baby Refuses the Bottle
Asked by M.D. from Denver
on June 12, 2008
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I have a 3 month old daughter who I have been solely breastfeeding. I will be returning to work full time in about 6 weeks and my daughter refuses to take the bottle....
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- My son did the same thing. I found out afterwards that 3 months old was too late to be introducing the bottle, but I didn't have a real reason to introduce it earlier ...
- i had to "trick" my son by slipping him the bottle when he would fall asleep nursing. it took about a week, but it worked.
- Hey M.! I had a little bit of a similar situation, except my son would take a bottle at home or at grandmas but wouldn't at the daycare. Your little one is probably ...
Refuses Anything Thats Not My Breastmilk
Asked by T.R. from Detroit
on January 28, 2010
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My son is 6.5 months now and I have wanted to introduce solids for quite sometime now, but he refuses. He will gag himself until he pukes. He won't even take a bottl...
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- I have the honor of working with Dr. Bill and Jim (the ABC show, The Doctors) Sears, pediatricians. I recoommend exploring their website, www.askDrSears.com. I do be...
- I feel for you. I breastfed also...a year for each of my boys and had the same choices as yourself. I believe that it's up to the mother to control this. Babies are ...
- T., it might be smart for you to talk to a feeding specialist about his gagging and throwing up. If there is a teaching hospital in your area, that would be a good pl...
What to Do When Baby Refuses a Bottle
Asked by T.F. from Kalamazoo
on April 24, 2010
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Hello ladies, you have been so helpful to me before, I wanted to ask this quesiton for a friend of mine who isn't on Mamapedia. She has a new little girl, who did occ...
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- It could be the nipples on the bottle she is using.. try variuos ones and if it still doesn't work maybe put a VERY SMALL abount of something sweet on the end like yog...
- I was always told that the bottles and nipples made a difference but with my son it did not matter what I tried on him. The only thing that helped him was to offer the...
- It's really not usually the type of bottle or nipple, but the type of person. You said she has tried pretty much everything and I'm sure she is "expecting" the next f...
Spoiled Baby
Asked by M.M. from Philadelphia
on March 17, 2011
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I heard. I heard. There is no such baby. But my granddaughter is 3 months old and cannot be held by anyone but Mom. Not even Dad.
My son's mom will be babysitting fo...
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- Um...the baby is 3 months old. You're being a little bit ridiculous. Sounds like the baby's mom is doing an awesome job. You'll just have to deal with the fact th...
- I've worked with babies for years and love to say "food spoils. Babies can't be spoiled." Mama is everything to your granddaughter. She is food, comfort, womb (stil...
- I'm one of those Moms who didn't listen when everybody told me to put the baby down and let him cry a little.. (now he's 18 months) I was told by everyone... and would...
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.
HELP! Baby Now Refuses Bottle
Asked by C.P. from Charlotte
on May 21, 2008
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My son is almost 11 weeks old. Since birth, he's been taking one bottle a day and breastfeed the rest of the time. Just this week, he decided he won't take the bottl...
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- I was having the same problem. I was using Avent bottles and even switched to a different nipple. Finally I switched to Dr. Brown's and now he takes it without a fus...
- Is there any special reason why you want him to take a bottle? If you are breastfeeding him I am surprised he took a bottle from you to begin with! At 11 weeks old the...
- It sounds like you already have this under control but I wanted to let you know that I had the same problem with my son at the exact same age. It took us about a week...
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...
What Should 6 Months Child Eat from 9 Am to 5Pm?
Asked by M.A. from Detroit
on September 3, 2007
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I am mother of two 3yrs and 6 months and I am a full time student but my children drive me crazy. I tried so hard to keep working but sometimes I just stop and cry and...
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- M., My daughter would never take a bottle - so I pumped breast milk and the day-care workers gave it to her from a regular cup. Once she could sit up on her own, s...
- Hi M., I have a 6 mos old and am breasfeeding. I started my son on solids about a month ago. He will still need milk at breakfast lunch mid afternoon and dinner, an...
- Hi M.~ While I can't say that I've tasted formula OR breastmilk, there is truth to the opinion that your baby wants what he is used to. Six months begins a big trans...
