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I can't take it anymore... someone please help!

jamielollarjamielollar
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My baby is 3.5 months old and up to this point has been exclusively breastfed (with a bottle only on Friday nights- my husband is a football coach).  He has no problem taking a bottle if it is full of my milk; fill it with formula and it's a whole new ballgame!  I am trying to get him used to formula for during the day.  I still would like to nurse to sleep and during the night.  He is REFUSING the formula!  I am on my third kind and it's better, but still no good.  He gets about an ounce into it before he starts to go wild.  I have played with the mixture of milk to formula and NOTHING helps!  I am worried that I am going to have to pick one or the other: boob or bottle with formula.  We will have progress during the day with formula but everyday it seems like we start over from breastfeeding at night.  Someone please have some great idea that will be a fix-all!  I am not ready to break that bond of breastfeeding I don't think, but would like a little bit more freedom...
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Re: I can't take it anymore... someone please help!

  • sacey21sacey21
    Is pumping an option? That might solve your problems. Good luck :)
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  • jamielollarjamielollar
    My supply took a nose dive after I got really sick a few weeks ago.  After a very large amount of Fenugreek, it is coming back.  I just hate to worry about if I have anough milk for this or that and if I have enough to have a glass of wine or to leave him with my mom... things like that... does that make me a bad mom?  I don't feel like it does.
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  • sacey21sacey21

    you're not a bad mom!! i'm sorry that i'm not much of a help. i don't know a whole lot about formula, but you can have a glass of wine and then bf!!! the only way that i know to build up your supply is to bf and/or pump more often. 

    i hope someone has a better answer for you!!  

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  • someflower6someflower6 member

    i'm sorry to hear about your troubles. feeding babies can be tough!  how much breastmilk do you feed when you offer a bottle? how much formula are you trying to feed, and how often?

    i definitely like the pp's suggestion about pumping more bottles if you want a little more freedom. i know pumping can be a pain, but if you get a stash going it might not be so bad, especially if you continue to nurse at night and in the morning. i think the standard is for bm, aim for 25oz a day... but for formula, you may need a bit more (according to Dr. Sears, multiple baby's weight by 2-2.5 for total ounces/day).

    if you really want to keep trying formula... which kinds have you tried? have you tried warming it up? my LO had major issues with formula until i discovered that she liked it pretty warm. good luck!

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  • krsalzmankrsalzman
    It could come down to that its in a bottle, not whats in the bottle.  What about trying to feed pumped breastmilk in a bottle?  Then you would be able to see if it was the idea of taking a bottle when he could have breastmilk from the boob or if it was the formula.  Also, could it be that he doesn't want to take the bottle from you because he knows you have BM?  If someone else were to feed him like your husband, would he take it?  My SIL has this problem.  Her DD will take formula or BM from a bottle from someone else but not from her.  She will start to take it but then refuse.  Sorry I don't have your fix-all!  GL.
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  • renee*aidenrenee*aiden

    If pumping is an option I would suggest it! I have a stock and I no longer feel like its a pain. I drop LO off at 8:30 and pick him up between 2-5 and so I get to feed him then, but he wont even take 4oz from a bottle while I'm gone. He would rather just eat baby food and cereal and wait til I get back and nurse- crazy kid!

    I also know that BM is much sweeter than formula. MIL said she had to add sugar to her sons bottle to get him used to taking formula- now they say don't add sugar, so IDK, but its an option..

    Hopefully you can find something that works, If all else fails, talk to your doctor or a lactation consultant!

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  • SugarnearSugarnear member

    imagekrsalzman:
    It could come down to that its in a bottle, not whats in the bottle.  What about trying to feed pumped breastmilk in a bottle?  Then you would be able to see if it was the idea of taking a bottle when he could have breastmilk from the boob or if it was the formula.  Also, could it be that he doesn't want to take the bottle from you because he knows you have BM?  If someone else were to feed him like your husband, would he take it?  My SIL has this problem.  Her DD will take formula or BM from a bottle from someone else but not from her.  She will start to take it but then refuse.  Sorry I don't have your fix-all!  GL.

    THIS. LO won't take a bottle from me, but will happily take one from other people.  GL!

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