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Seeking Advice on How to Transition a 2 Month Old from Breast to Bottle
Asked by L.G. from McAllen
on May 24, 2008
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I need any advice on how I can get my 2 month old to take the bottle. I am exclusively breastfeeding and pumping and storing milk. I plan to return to work part-time...
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- Have you tried the Playtex Nurser. My little man stopped eating when I went back to work and wouldn't take a bottle from anyone so I tried the Playtex bottles and he c...
- Since you are working part-time, consider continuing to breastfeed at nights and weekends. It is a lovely opportunity to have a special bonding time with your baby. ...
- Hi L.! I just transitioned my 3 1/2 month old daughter from the breast to bottle due to lactose intolerance. I ordered the the Mam bottles by Sassy from Amazon.com and...
Bottle That Supports Breastfeeding.
Asked by M.F. from Detroit
on October 27, 2010
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Hello all,
I am due in May with baby number 3 but my girls are 5 and 7 so I am a bit out of the loop where bottles are concerned! My plan is to nurse for the first ...
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- We just went through this with our 4mo old, who ws exclusively nursing and refusing bottles we used with our son. As another poster suggested, we looked for bottles th...
- I loved second nature brand bottles. My baby used the same muscles for this brand as he used when nursing! The nipples have many holes, like a nipple, so you have to...
- Dr. Browns are GREAT bottles. They make a wide kind that I think is more close to BF'ing. Also, the first years makes a bottle called BreastFlow, that is supposed to b...
Baby Won't Take a Bottle
Asked by J.R. from Grand Rapids
on December 8, 2009
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Help! My two month old daughter is exclusively breastfed and absolutely will not take a bottle. I pump a bottle fresh and try to make sure she is truly hungry when w...
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- I was in the same situation like you. My son would not take a bottle and he did not took the bottle...we have to give him the milk and the water with a sippy cup and t...
- Let your husband feed the baby with a bottle. Stay away when the baby is being fed - like in another room. The baby will learn and later you can bottlefeed her. The ...
- My son was the same, and I tried a different bottle/nipple that I found he was comfortable with. It may just be that simple, that she doesn't like the nipple you're us...
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...
How to Make a Two Month Old Drink from a Bottle
Asked by M.G. from Boston
on May 16, 2008
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Hi,
My maternity leave ends in two weeks and up till now my daughter has mainly been breastfed. Right after she was born she had taken a bottle a couple of times. B...
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- I didn't nurse my daughter, but I attend a weekly mother's group at the hospital where she was born and most of the other mother's do. One of the facilitators of the ...
- I could not get my daughter to drink from an advent bottle at all. It is not even a similar shape nipple. I had success with the Gerber Comfort Latch bottles and nippl...
- I'll add my two cents though you've gotten tons of good tips. I had same problem with my daughter when I tried the bottle even though she'd taken it in the hospital be...
Which Bottles Are Best???
Asked by W.D. from Charlotte
on August 16, 2008
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I am 33 weeks pregnant with a baby girl and I am trying to figure out what kind of bottles to get. Everyone that I know has thrown in their two cents about my plans no...
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- WOOO HOOO AMEN SISTER! I am so tired of Nursing nazi's lookin down on those of us who chose not to! I wish I had as lofty a plans as you do! :) I just plain didn't li...
- W., Congrats! Everyone recommended the ventaire to me, you know the crooked ones. So thats what we started with but she still got alot of air from those so we switche...
- Hi W.! I understand exactly what you mean about breastfeeding. I was unable to for various reasons but here is what I experienced with bottles. For me and my son ...
3 Month Old Won't Drink from a Bottle
Asked by N.S. from New York
on January 10, 2008
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I'm nursing my son and I'm trying to integrate a bottle into his routine since I work part time. He does not want a bottle at all! He literally screams and gags the wh...
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- I had the same problem and i know how frustrating it can be. My daughter finally settled on the Drop Ina bottles from playtex but she will only use the yellow colored...
- Hi N.- I had the same problem with my daughter aftr 5 months of this i tried the Adiri nurser with breast milk. She tried it right away and took the whole bottle. The...
- My daughter wasn't fond of drinking from the bottle when we came to the same situation (breast feeding mom needs to go back to work). I actually tried a very small cu...
Baby Not Taking Bottle
Asked by K.A. from Minneapolis
on April 13, 2007
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Hi Moms!
I have a 11 weeks old baby that refuses bottles. I went back to work part time 3 weeks ago and my husband has to listen to her scream the whole time I am ...
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- Hi K., I know you probably are looking for help, not empathy, but my son won't take a bottle either. I am lucky that I stay home, but have now given up on trying t...
- We too had an offended baby that didn't take to the bottle at first, a couple of things that worked for us; 1.) Try Switching the nipple to a slow, nuk/pacifier shape...
- Hi K., THis is my suggestion from personal experience with 3 kids. Buying different bottle nipples and bottles work some times but if you put a little sugar wate...
Other Bottle/nipple Options
Asked by E.H. from Austin
on January 4, 2008
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I have used AVENT bottles on my two older children without any problem. My 2 month old will not take a bottle, and I am returning to work part time soon. Can anyone re...
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- My daughter did not like the avent nipples either. I had success with the Dr. Browns brand. But we did have to try a couple of times. I also was told to let hubbie (or...
- Hi E., I'm not sure how much advice I can offer but I can tell you that I have 4 kids and with my oldest we used playtex airvent and I LOVED them. When our second was...
- Hi E. my third and fourth grandsons both used Dr. Brown bottles and both my Daughters swear they are the best in the world. We tried other nipples and bottles with...
3 Month Old BF Baby Refusing a Bottle
Asked by S.L. from Los Angeles
on June 3, 2008
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I am mom to two boys age 2 1/2 and 3 mo. I breastfed my first for a year and was able to work part time with pumping and bottle feeding with no issues. I started my ...
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- S., I had the same problem with my last child. All the basics which I'm sure you know, and make sure you are nowhere in sight or scent. The one thing that seemed ...
- My daughter refused to take a bottle at 3 months when I was prepping her for me going back to work. Before that, she was exclusively breast fed. My daughter refused t...
- Are you sure there is not something else going on like thrush?? Maybe the bottle is hurting his mouth if he did have it because my son had that a little older and any...
