8 Month Old Won't Tilt Bottle

My daughter did this, too, she wouldn't tilt it. You just have to hold it until she figures it out, which she will, probably overnight, ha. Sometimes I would hold the bottle and put it down, then back up, and down again, as a sort of lesson, in hopes that she would figure out that 'down' means no milk and 'up' means milk. I also tried the switching back and forth, not a good thing. Stick with one thing, she may get mad but if she's hungry enough she'll take it one way or the other.

Word of caution, when my daughter started teething the soft spouts were good for gums, but when she had all her teeth come through she chewed on the bottle and sippy cup spouts until they tore, causing milk to spill everywhere. If you want to switch to sippy cups permanently, try the hard spouts.

Hey there.. I don't have much advice on the nipple situation - except maybe, give her the nipple of your choice, and stick to it. Don't let her be the boss...HOWEVER, I too had a heart child; her name is Bliss and she had Transposition of the Great Vessels. Also in surgery early (at 7 days old) with several surgies following up until she was two years old (She's 9 now). I know how her feedings were very emotionally exhausting for me, as I was always afraid that she wasn't gaining enough, or wasn't progressing as other babies her age were... But then again, she wasn't like other babies! She was a special little heart baby.. :) Anyway, again I don't have much advice, but just wanted to reach out to another heart baby mom. Honestly, I think I let my fear of hurting her, or of her getting sick, or not getting enough nutrition really hamper my parenting. I have another daughter (age 7) who was completely healthy, and I found myself not allowing her to be choosy (sort of, if she's hungry she'll take what I give her, method) which REALLY worked out well for us. When it came to sippy cups - then no more bottle. When it came time to get rid of Binky, bye bye binky. Same with sleeping through the night. They are both very enjoyable, happy, lovely, God loving children, but I feel that my separate techniques will play a big part in each of their lives. (I'm actually expecting my 3rd (a boy!) in three weeks!) Anyway, Thanks for reading! Hope all works out and God Bless!

A.,

My first baby was sensative to this kind of thing, too. You may want to try to move her to sippy cups completely - no more switching back and forth - and get a soft mouthpiece sippy cup at first. They are not hard to find, even Walmart carries them.

If you used those bottles with the disposable plastic liner, your baby may not tip the bottle back because she never needed to with those kinds of bottles. Keep teaching her how to tip the cup back and be patient. She will figure it out with time.

Best of luck,
S.