Refuses Bottle

Re: Refuses Bottle

• ChristyD6 member

  September 2013

  I had, continue to have, trouble getting LO to take a bottle. Nothing as extreme as what you are going through. She's not in DC yet but we are practicing with a bottle every few days. Sometimes she will scream and cry and will not take it. When she's that bad it's hopeless and we stop trying. I've found she does better when she's not too hungry. I've nursed her first and then switched to a bottle which has worked. The funny thing is, once she will take a bottle it doesn't seem to matter which kind.

  
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• smellychelly25 member

  September 2013

  We had look with the first years bottle because of the smaller nipple.

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• sdpookie13 member

  September 2013

  Smellychelly, the Breastflow one???  I had horrible luck with that one with my DD#1 but was thinking about trying it anyway. 
  

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• iggles09 member

  September 2013

  I had this problem right before I went back to work. Here is what I did 

  1. I did a dream feed with a bottle - she then took the bottle awake for a day and that was it

  2. I use a hairdryer as white noise - hold it in my hands while feeding her - rocked her and sang to her all while trying to get her to take the bottle. She would get herself so worked up it was a mess. 

  
  

  I did this a few times and since then - no trouble. GL. I know how frustrating and upsetting this can be. My DD went 6-7 hours  and this was when she was still waking every 2-3 hours in the night to eat.

             

  
  

  
  

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