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Breastfed Baby Won't Take a Bottle
Read all 9 responses: "Hello. My breastfed 10-week old is refusing a bottle. I have to start because I will be returning to work in 2 weeks.
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- I had the same trouble with my daughter. I finally got her to take a bottle with this bottle i got off of onestepahead.com. It is shaped like a breast. I actually t...
- First Years BreastFlow bottle. Works great for my breastfed daughter. I've only seen it sold at BRU and online (ie:amazon).
- I had the same problem with my 15 month old, and I feel your pain. I was sooooo stressed about it, and she ended up going to daycare at 3 months old without being able...
My 3 Month Baby Won't Take the Bottle
Read all 26 responses: "I'm having trouble getting my 3 month old to take a bottle. I introduced the bottle when he was 4 weeks. He was given a bottle by ...
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- Make sure that the milk in the bottle is about body temp and not too hot and not too cold. Also, make sure the hole is comfortable for the baby - not too small and not...
- Hi Y., It's so frustrating isn't it?! My son would regularly go through bottle strike and around 3 months they start to form serious preferences. Sounds like we kn...
- I know this sounds lame, but ask your pediatrician or lactation consultant. That's what they are there for. If your insurance happens to be Kaiser, they have excellen...
5 Month Old Won't Take Bottle
Sep 3, 2009 ... my daughter would only take formula from the bottle, not breastmilk. ... Our 3 month old is a bottle baby, and we us the Playtex nursers ...
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- My daughter never took a bottle and went right to the sippy cup. She was never too interested in taking the breast milk in it and eventually just went for the 5-6 hou...
- Lots of great advice already! I would second the Playtex nurser, with the SLOW laytex/rubber nipple. My nephew was the same way, my sis-in-law had to go back to work...
- Hi K.. That is frustrating I am sure. My suggestion would be to just transition her to a sippy cup. My youngest starting using a sippy at five months of age with di...
Won't Take a Bottle
I've talked to some moms and they said their baby will just cry all day and not eat waiting for mom to come home. :-( My daughter never would take a bottle ...
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- My kids wouldn't take a bottle either. It's actually a very common problem. (It's why almost every other country in the industrialized world allows women to have a ye...
- The baby will take the bottle eventually, they won't let themselves starve. When they want to eat, it will happen. They may only want the breast, but they will com...
- JB: I actually see and consult for this a lot in my practice... the first issue is why is she not taking the bottle. then we can move forward. P., RLC, IBCLC...
4.5 Month Old Will Not Take a Bottle!
Nursing babies will not take a bottle from the mother. If you insist on giving your baby a bottle, someone else must do it. ...
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- Your baby knows what is good for her and what is not! To introduce formula would hamper her immune system and predispose her to illness. Formula is totally different...
- Try Sassy Mam Ultivent bottles - the nipples are shaped just like a real nipple - they are also BPA free if that is important to you. I breastfed too but had to finish...
- I breastfed my last baby she is now 39 but I tried to breastfeed all my children but for one or the other reason the doctors wouldn't let me so when I became pregnat I...
4 Month Old Will Not Take a Bottle
It will probably take several hours. There's not going to be much you can do otherwise. ... My baby wouldn't take a bottle from any member of our family, ...
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- Hi L., Well I had the same problem. I strictly breastfed, and then before I knew it, it was time to go back to work. My daughter would not take the bottle no matt...
- Have you tried a sippy cup or a water bottle. My lactation consultant told me that some babies just don't like the plastic nipples, and as long as they can get the mi...
- Try getting the book Working Mother, Nursing Mother from La Leche League...it really had some good tips for me. The thing is, in general it's best to introduce a bo...
My Baby Won't Take a Cup
My daughter, who is 11 months old now, will not take a sippy cup. ..... eventually i learned that the bottle was not for me anymore so, i know my baby is ...
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- My daughter is 20 months and I just took her off the bottle. I personally think it is mom's decision. You can't force a child to do certain things...you can lead a h...
- I have an 11 month old also, I introduced the sippy cup by putting his formula in it. I tried this at 8 mos old and he went for it, but only the nubby cups. Now at 1...
- I wouldn't worry about it. I would jsut start her on a regular cup. If she knows there is an alternative (such as a bottle) then she will scream until she gets it. ...
My Baby Won't Take a Bottle of Breast Milk
Read all 28 responses: "My three month old daughter was taking a bottle with no problems and now she completely refuses it. I am frustrated that I cannot ...
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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.
Four Month Old Will Not Take a Bottle
I would really like my four month old to take a bottle so my husband can help with feeding but she refusing to .... breast mri · baby will not take bottle ...
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- HI D., I personally have not had this problem, but a good friend of mine did. She was faced with going back to work and had to pump. The approach she used with her ...
- i answered some of this on your other post! go to www.askdrsears.com or search for books by william and martha sears on amazon - their books are fantastic and thou...
- How many kinds of bottles have you tried? I've read testimonies from moms who say that their baby took the Breast-flow bottle (I think you can get them at Target) whe...
Training Baby to Bottle Feed
My 6 month old will not take a bottle at all. On days when I'm away from her ... We've used the "take and toss" kind since there is no valve and the baby ...
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- Well, you may already know that what you should be looking for is a bottle nipple that most closely matches yours. But obviously you have a little one with a very str...
- I had a similar problem with my daughter. She is now 6 months and is still breastfed along with cereal, fruits and vegetables. Whe she was a few weeks old I started ...
- your baby knows innately that the milk that comes from you is the best source. training your baby to feed from a bottle at such a young age is training that there a...
