Hi ladies.
My Daughter is two months,and I'm going back to work very soon.i have been breastfeeding since she was born never did a bottle but I wanna start her on one....I'm scared she wunt take it..oh she hates pacifier she gags when you try to give her ....so which is the best bottle for her that will make this process easier,coz I don't want to go back to work only get a call from the BS that the baby is not takin a bottle.
My first liked the Dr.Brown's bottles really well and the Playtex one's with the drop in liners. My second and third would take any old bottle, bc I just offered those Parent's Choice cheapie one's from Walmart, and they took them no problem. It may be a little rough going at first bc she has to get used to a new caregiver and the bottle all at once, but she will adjust, hunger will cause her to eat :). Good luck!
Get several different nipples/bottles and try them out. Playtex nipples are more like yours. Have your husband give her the bottle, not you. Have him hold her close to his chest as if he were nursing her. Once she gets used to it, he needs to make sure that her head is tiltled up so that she's not horizontal when she's drinking. (Milk can flow into her little eustachian tubes and cause ear infections.)
It's really important to start this now. Babies can be stubborn, but they can go between breast and bottle. Good luck!
My babies loved the boob so much, it was a little tricky to get them to take a bottle. The best thing I did was get my husband to take care of it. We use Pur bottles, which were supposedly shaped like a natural breast/nipple. When I tried to feed them with a bottle, the babies could smell me and my milk, and refused the bottle. When I was left out of the equation, they went for the bottle much easier. We also tried doing half pumped breast milk, half formula, and increasing the amount of formula gradually until it was 100% formula.
Also, the old trick of putting cabbage leaves in your bra really does work! Giving up breastfeeding can be an uncomfortable time.
Every baby is different in what bottle she will take, so it's hard to predict.
My only advice is to try to stick with wide-mouth bottles, because they let the baby have a wider latch, similar to what she has on you. Otherwise, just buy 1 of a particular brand and see if she will take it. If she will, then go buy more of them. And if she rejects it and you need to try something different, you haven't wasted a lot of money on the 1st bottle type.
Oh, a second piece of advice is to stick with slow-flow nipples. Breastfed babies have a strong suck, and they can get a little bit choked on a fast-flow nipple because the milk comes out too easily for their strong suck.
That said, both my kids were easy and transitioned from bottle to breast without any complaint - as long as I wasn't the one giving them the bottle. We used Nuk and Avent, both wide-mouth, because they are inexpensive and they were the first ones I tried. My fingers are crossed that yours will be the same way.
Try a bunch of different bottles and nipples. (Flow rate seems to be a big issue.)
Have someone, other than you, give her the bottle.
Be prepared that she might refuse it (and scream) for a while (and for a number of times) before she takes it. I suggest you go out of the house for an hour or so while this is happening. You don't want to run to her after 5 minutes of fussing/crying, because she'll never learn to accept it.
Mine had tough transitions, but they eventually got used to it.
Talk to a lactation consultant that can help with the transition. They know of more bottles/nipples that aren't available at "regular" stores.
I would try Playtex now. Do not wait. My DIL waited four months and it was hell trying to get her to take a bottle. She eventually did, but as soon as she started solid food she would not take a bottle, she would wake up twice during the night to nurse. She just always drank from a cup. She is now a year and still no bottle. Just a cup. She is not a big drinker. She would rather eat food.
When I was in the hospital my lactation consultant recommended 3 different bottles, I only remember the Playtex Nursers with the Drop-Ins. I remember this one because it was the bottle I already had for my daughter. I would suggest looking for a lactation consultant or a la leche group and see what they recommend. Every bottle manufacturer out there claims to be closest to a woman's breast.
Omg ladies ,I wasn't prepared for this..wel I bought every bottle I could find n iv been tryin every one of them and I tel you it's a hustle...I'm on playtex now n she still won't take it...I try sooooo had not to give in n just breastfeed her cause she will scream like crazy...n iv tried using her dad or somebody different n I leave the room cause she will recognize my voice n everything else but il hear her screaming soo hard that il just give in n take her...well il keep tryin I have my hopes up hopin n wishing she will take it sooner...
