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bottle for a BF baby

ctj82ctj82 member
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Morning ladies.

I am still breastfeeding my 6 month old.  I'm not going to work yet, but would like the option to bottlefeed my daughter or give her water once in awhile.  However she's not taking to the bottle or the sippy cup.

Some background:  we used to give her a bottle of pumped milk when she was 2-3 months, but then she started getting very impatient with my letdown when I was nursing so we stopped the bottle.  

She takes the Soothies pacifier, and will stick almost anything in her mouth, but as soon as she sees a bottle she slams her mouth shut.  And she'll stick the sippy cup in her mouth but won't suck on it.

Any advice? Or should I just be patient and wait until she's older? 

Thanks in advance :) 

 

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  • caeraRosecaeraRose member
    When I had to go back to school this semester, we put my daughter in day care. She would never take a bottle before then, so we tried a TON of different bottles. We tried for weeks, and finally had success with the Avent Natural bottles. It mostly just took persistence, though.
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  • babybologna2012babybologna2012
    Just started my 6 month old on a bottle a month ago. She NEVER took a bottle or paci. We tried Lansinoh Momma bottle and she took it with no problem even from me!
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  • DCMergedDCMerged
    My baby didn't take to them until he had to (when I went back to work). He did do better with the brown (latex) nipples - they are softer.
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  • myluckypigmyluckypig member
    imageDCMerged:
    My baby didn't take to them until he had to (when I went back to work). He did do better with the brown (latex) nipples - they are softer.


    Same here.  My DS refused them until he had no choice.  The first few days he actually refused a bottle the entire day I was gone.  By the end of the week he gave in once we switched to a LATEX (brown) nipple.  We actually bought those super cheap gerber bottles from walmart and bought the brown nipples seperate (I think the bottles were $3 for 3, and the pack of nipples were only $3).  After a few days of those we started trying the millions of other bottles we accumulated and he took any and all of them like a champ!
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  • abbyfulabbyful member

    Do you give the bottles or does your SO?

    I have never given my LO a bottle; any time I feed him, it's straight from the boob. Only other people (DH, daycare) feed him from bottles. I think maybe it helps.

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  • amsel333amsel333 member
    DS never gave me any problems with switching between BF and bottles, but i prepared myself just in case by using Brestflow bottles at 1st, they are a pain to clean but i wanted to make sure he would BF when i got home from work. 
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  • ctj82ctj82 member
    imageabbyful:

    Do you give the bottles or does your SO?

    I have never given my LO a bottle; any time I feed him, it's straight from the boob. Only other people (DH, daycare) feed him from bottles. I think maybe it helps.

     

    I've tried. So has my hubby, my mom, a friend. No go. We've also tried doing it in a dark room, with white noise, and while bouncing. That's how we started her on it the first time before we stopped. I've also tried doing a switch off from her pacifier to the bottle to trick her.

    We were doing breastmilk but after having to toss it each time we are now just trying water. Still no luck.

    I've been using Dr brown bottles as that was what worked last time. But I will try other bottles. it's extra frustrating because I know she used to do it, but won't now.

     

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  • &orchid&&orchid& member

    I had the exact problem.  LO is just now taking a bottle at 7 months.

    I got the medela nipple.  It's like $20, but I tried every other type of nipple and bottle out there and they didn't work.  He wasn't game at first.  It also seemed to help when he started solids.  It was like he finally got that he can get food from something else other than the breast.  

    At first I just gave him a long skinny pump bottle that he could hold and I'd put a little breastmilk in it.  Maybe an ounce, and he'd chew on the nipple.  I'd let him hold it on his own to get used to it.  If we tried to ive him a bottle he'd scream.  Then eventually after a week he started taking an ounce or two out of it.  The other day he took 3 ounces.  One from my husband and then he just grabbed the bottle and sucked down the other 2 ounces on his own.  So, I've started pumping again this week to try to give him a bottle once a day to get him used to it.  

     

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  • ctj82ctj82 member

    Right now I'm trying out the born free trainer cup with water.  It's like a sippy cup with a soft tip.  Right now if she's distracted (I'm using the TV for this for now, don't judge me!) she will allow me to keep it in her mouth and she'll chew on it.  Water comes out when she chews on it, not a lot, but I'm hoping she'll get used to it and gradually start sucking on it.  


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