6 weeks EBF and won't take a bottle help!

NewptNYbride06

I've been trying to have DH give DS a bottle and he just won't take it, instead he just screams bloody murder.  I tried going straight to formula (maybe this is where I'm going wrong and I should be trying breast milk...I just hate pumping).  Wondering if anyone has been in this boat and has some advice. DD never had a problem taking a bottle!!  Oh and for what it's worth, I use Tommie yippee bottles.

mben1119

I would definitely try breastmilk first.

ilovemygirls

If he's EBF, he will likely not take to formula w/o a transition.  What I did when I started introducing a bottle & formula was this:  First bottles were full bm.  Then once they had a few of those, then I did 75% bm to 25% formula.  You (or DH) need to practice it with them every single day to get them acclimated- you can't just do it once & then quit.  I would just slowly change the ratio until finally my babies would take a bm bottle, formula or a mix. I would say that I did this over a month or so.

For the record I also hated pumping & more importantly, my body never pumped effectively so even though I bf'd for a year, I could not keep up since I work PT & always had to supplement.   It worked out great for us.

Jessie888

first thing, I would use BM. Second, we just went through this. She was taking a bottle about once a day since 3 weeks old and suddenly stopped. It took about  week and a half of consistently trying every evening (wasting breast milk and a very unhappy baby). She finally took it this weekend. Just keep trying. It is very difficult but, just keep doing it!

OurJellybean

You can try diff nipples but sometimes they just refuse it. My lo use to take one but at ten weeks won't at all. Makes it hard to go anywhere but u can't force a baby to take one!

karinothing

Can your partner give the bottle? A lot of time babies won't take a bottle from their mom f they are breastfeeding.

We started DS at 6 weeks using breastflow bottles. He screamed for a good 10 minutes before he finally gave up and took it. This lasted until last week (14 weeks). Now he takes it from DH no problem. Its was a long battle though. We went through this ever night for 8 weeks!