EBF to bottle or sippy 7 months??

Megs129

Hello Ladies,

I've been a long time lurker and enjoy this board. I have a question that I would love some feeback on. My DD is 7 months old, I am a WFHM (work from home Mom) and EBF. My DD had terrible refulx for the first 6 months of her life and EBFing was the easiest for us both. She is over her reflux now and I would like her to nurse from a bottle a couple of times a day. I tried the bottle a few times this week, (Dr. Brown level 1 nipple) she just chewed and played with the nipple, didn't suck. My Mom and DH tried giving her a bottle and she wasn't having it. We then tried a sippy cup, one where you don't have to suck, it just drips out of the holes.  She seemed to do okay with that, but I want her to get the hang of "sucking."  What sort of advice do you have for me? Should I skip trying to give her a bottle and just go straight to training on a sippy cup? Can a 7 month old learn to take a bottle?  Any advice/experience is welcome. Thank you, Meghan

skio

Try a faster flow nipple or a different bottle altogether.

wall0307

skio:

Try a faster flow nipple or a different bottle altogether.

Same.  I would buy a bunch of different bottles.  I think we tried 4 bottles with DS #1 before one worked. 

SallyAnneS

I would definatly used a higher flow nipple.  My ds is on dr brown level 2 and they recommend he should already be on level 3. hth.

Megs129

Thanks Ladies! I'm going to keep at it!

nopegoat

My son refused bottles and seemed to do very well with sippy cups so we just skipped bottles completely. I think he was about 7 months when he first started using one.