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XP: DD not taking a bottle

TinaL99TinaL99 member
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Audrey is having a terrible time taking a bottle for anyone but our in-home DCP.  MIL has her 3 days/week and she's lucky to get her to take 1 bottle/day.  I was out for a while on Saturday and DH struggled with it but finally got her to take ~3oz.  Yesterday we celebrated xmas with some of DHs family and FIL tried giving her a bottle thinking that if she took 1/day over the weekend it would be easier for MIL on Monday.  That was a fail.  And, even though I know they don't mean anything by it, people's comments are hurtful and frustrating.  Like FIL saying "What is it with you and that baby?" and MIL saying "Well we'll just send Audrey to work with you."  I love my ILs but I feel like I'm being made to feel bad for my decision to BF.  Is it selfish for me to continue and not try to wean her to a bottle?  She's with other people more than she's with me and her not taking a bottle stresses everyone out, including me.  Being a SAHM is not an option.

Today we're trying bottle #4 (Playtex VentAir...we've tried Tommee Tippee, Breast Flow and Nuk) and I took my Boppy and the shirt I wore to bed to MILs hoping my scent would help things.  I gave MIL our DCPs phone # so she can call if she wants to ask her for any tips.  I'll also be calling a LC today to see if they can give any other advice that I might not have thought about.

Thanks for letting me vent, I'm just so frustrated by the whole situation.

DD1: 3/31/10 DD2: 9/7/11
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Re: XP: DD not taking a bottle

  • azuremamaazuremama

    Both of my kids hated bottles until they started d/c full-time (well, 4 days a week).  It's frustrating, but sometimes it just takes time.  I would not feel bad about continuing to b/f, though. 

    I would ask your DCP exactly what she does to see if anything will help.  If she'll take a bottle from her, I don't think changing the type of bottle will help.

    What helped most was time, but we also tried making the bottles fairly warm, holding the baby facing out (or even putting her in a bouncy seat), or swaddling.

    GL.  It sucks, but it'll probably work itself out pretty soon.

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