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Baby won't take bottle... Help

K&ElizabethK&Elizabeth member
in April 2016 Moms
I go back to work on the 11th. We've been working on getting Thomas to take a bottle for the last week and he just won't do it. He just started accepting the pacifier 2 days ago. I'm hoping that will translate to bottle, but no luck yet. I'm starting to seriously panic. We've tried DH giving it to him in another room, fast and slow flow nipples, giving it to him when he's not too hungry, and giving it to him when he's starving. Nothing is working. DD took anything without batting an eye so this is new territory. 
We've been using the LATCH bottles because they're supposed to be like the breast, but I'm going to target today to pick up some other ones to try. Any suggestions?
DD-10/3/12
DS-4/14/16 
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  • ladylolly89ladylolly89 member
    Dr. Brown's! Many BFing mommies swear by them.
    DS switches back and forth between boob and Dr. Brown's with no problem, even though the bottle nipple doesn't resemble the breast in the least. I started him on the bottle when he was ten days old though, so I suppose I could have gotten him to take just about anything at that point. 
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  • K&ElizabethK&Elizabeth member
    ladylolly89 said:
    Dr. Brown's! Many BFing mommies swear by them.
    DS switches back and forth between boob and Dr. Brown's with no problem, even though the bottle nipple doesn't resemble the breast in the least. I started him on the bottle when he was ten days old though, so I suppose I could have gotten him to take just about anything at that point. 
    The regular or "natural" ones??
    DD-10/3/12
    DS-4/14/16 
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  • runningwildrunningwild member
    I'm EPing and bottle feeding with Dr. Browns regular bottles (not the wide). In the first few weeks we did both breast and these bottles without a problem. Level 1 nipple 
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  • ladylolly89ladylolly89 member
    edited July 2016
    K&Elizabeth said:
    ladylolly89 said:
    Dr. Brown's! Many BFing mommies swear by them.
    DS switches back and forth between boob and Dr. Brown's with no problem, even though the bottle nipple doesn't resemble the breast in the least. I started him on the bottle when he was ten days old though, so I suppose I could have gotten him to take just about anything at that point. 
    The regular or "natural" ones??
    Natural flow, regular mouth, level one. 
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  • K&ElizabethK&Elizabeth member
    I wish we would've saved the bottles we used with DD because we used a lot of Dr. Browns. Oh well. I picked up a Dr. Browns and an honest company bottle and we're doing the great bottle experiment. He drank from both, but made a huge mess with the Dr. Browns. Hopefully it's just a learning curve because the honest company bottles are crazy expensive. 
    DD-10/3/12
    DS-4/14/16 
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  • MrsZkoMrsZko member
    DS1 had issues taking the bottle for months! We tried so many kinds but ultimately were successful with Tommy tippee. With this LO, we went straight to those bottles and he took them right away, without any hesitation.... good luck!!!
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  • littleredx2littleredx2 member
    No advice but I'm right there with you!! If you find what works, please share. My girl just screams her head off at the bottle so far. People keep telling me she won't let herself starve at daycare but girl seems stubborn so I'm scared
    Me & DH - 2009
    Gone but not forgotten: Identical twin boys born at 23 weeks - 2004 
    DS1 - 2010
    DS2 - 2012
    DS3 - 2014
    Surprise # 4 due April 2016!! It's a GIRL.
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  • korpatchkorpatch member
    My little guy would take a bottle at first because my flow was so much faster. We would have to force it into his mouth and he'd cry the whole time, but still swallow. He'll to it now with no complaint.
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  • tripledaggerWed95976tripledaggerWed95976 member
    Another vote for dr. Browns.   My son loves them, we used them when we were supplementing and we still use them now that we exclusively FF
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  • lreni529lreni529 member
    We tried a few brands but ended up with the Playtex Vent Aire. DD has no problems going between breast and bottle 
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  • Ready4thePartyReady4theParty member
    We are doing a bottle boot camp because Dd refuses to take a bottle.  The only bottle she will take is LATCH even though she's rejected it a couple of times this week.  She is also trying to roll over and is going through 12 week wonder week.

    I've been treating her as though I am trying to wean her. I can't run around in just my nursing tanks, and have to wear several layers to get her to take a bottle from me.  I let her chew on the nipple and take her sweet time with it.  You can hear her swallow even though it might not be much, at least I know she is getting something.  Eventually she gets hungry and starts sucking.  I decided I would rather her scream at me than at daycare and refuse the bottle.  Each day and feeding has been a bit better.  Good luck

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