My mom's friend's daughter is trying to get her 4ish month old to take an occassional bottle and having a very hard time apparently. My mom asked me if I had any ideas and I didn't really - just suggested she keep trying different bottles/nipples, different positions for the baby and try having someone besides mom try it out. Anything I'm missing?
Re: BF pro's - any tips for transitioning to a bottle?
Make sure the baby's mouth is open and her/his tongue is sticking out a little, enough to at least contact the bottom lip. You have to make sure the baby is getting the nipple far enough back in her/his mouth to be able to make it work.
There are LCs in the area that can help you get the baby to take a bottle, my cousin used one.
Kellymom has a lot of great resources that have suggestions. Here are 2 links with a list of suggestions. Some of them are contradictory (like giving a bottle when the baby is sleeping) but most people can use common sense to weed out which ones they want to use.
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duh - kellymom! thanks
DS was the same way. If I was around he wanted it straight from the tap and flat out refused. I was so worried when I went back to work but he took a bottle for DH right away. I did go back at 6 weeks though.
Thritto this- the one family I babysat in NYC, the DD would stop taking the bottle when the mom got off the elevator onto their floor.
Also at 4 months she might want to just try w/ a sippy or spout cup vs. a bottle...
Moving around while feeding LO, PLaytex Drop ins with the latex nipples, mom being gone for a while.
Those are the only things that worked for us.
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