Breastfeeding

BF baby refusing the bottle

My 9 week old is suddenly refusing the bottle.  She is normally Breastfeed, but we give her bottles a few times a week to encourage bottle feeding.  She suddenly will not take the bottle.  We are using the natural latch nipples for Playtex drop ins.

We normally offer it three times with 5 min in between.  Then we give it 5 more min and offer the breast.  She will always take the breast.  Any suggestions?

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Re: BF baby refusing the bottle

  • Maybe try the Adiri bottle. Also, who is giving her the bottle? You? She may not take it from you. have your DH do it only (or someone other than you) Other than that, I have no suggestions.

    DD#1 took a bottle no problem. DD#2 refused. I haven't given DS a bottle yet........hopefully he takes it. I did buy the Adiri bottles though.

    Some kids just don't want the bottle.?

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  • I agree, try having DH giving the bottle.  He doesn't have breasts to offer, whereas you do, so the baby may prefer that when it comes to you.
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  • What feeding position is she in? ?I was always the one to bottle feed my DD and I had to try a lot of different things. ?She wouldn't take the bottle from me if I held her in the cradle hold so I had to face her away from me and feed her that way. ?It took some time, but eventually she took the bottle without any problems. ?Just keep trying. ?Good luck!
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