My little guy is 11 weeks today. We originally introduced a bottle a couple times a week starting when he was 2 weeks. Well we missed a week or tWo of bottle feeding and now he refuses the bottle. He will either cry or just chew on it and smile.
any tips? We have a wedding and he will be with a sitter. I'm also going back to work soon. He is only breast fed and I pump to give him milk in a bottle. It's so frustrating being the only one he will eat from! Help!
Re: Tips on giving a bottle?!
If you kind of push the nipple against the roof of his mouth-- not hard, but enough to get the milk to come out of the nipple-- it kind of tricks them into realizing that it's a "boob." My DH calls it the bate & switch, lol! Once they realize that it really is milk coming out of this weird thing, they'll eat. Or at least, my son does.
He definately does not like the bottle, but he will eventually take it.