My daughter is almost 6 months old, breastfed and refuses the bottle. I have tried formula, breastmilk, juice and water, but she refuses. She eats rice cereal and baby food, but only after breastfeeding for a couple of minutes. All I want is to go out to dinner with my husband for a little while, but I can't because she will refuse the bottle or to eat food. Please help!!
2006-11-03 12:25:39 · 14 answers · asked by katbeek 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Sweetie i know how you feel. I have 6 kids and i am currently breastfeeding my 1 year old twins. I have always found switching to a sippy cup works much easier for them. That also helps save you from switching from a bottle to a sippy cup in the near future. I started giving my twins a sippy cup around 6 months and they took to it so easily. I got the ones made by nuk. Make sure you can suck out of it easily because some of the spill proof cups are hard to drink from. I also found that they took juice better from the cup then my pumped breast milk, so if you can get her to eat some cereal and drink diluted juice or breast milk from a cup then you and your husband can have some over due quality time. I wish you luck and i hope you consider trying the sippy.
2006-11-03 12:44:01 · answer #1 · answered by mommyofsix 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is just turning 5 months old tomorrow, and I have the same problem too!!! I have tried all different sorts of bottles and she takes NONE of them. I had to have my mother babysit one day because of an emergency and my daughter cried for two hours straight because she was hungry and did not want the bottle. I felt horrible when I found out!! And my mother wont watch her anymore. I NEVER get a break, even my husband doesn't like me going to the grocery store without her because she will start crying and I am the only one who can calm her....and not with eating, just with holding. My daughter doesn't even like other people to HOLD her for more than two or three minutes before she starts to cry. Definitely email me if you get an answer that works...I would sure appreciate it.
2006-11-04 02:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by jenteacher2001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is 9 months old now and just started agreeing to the bottle. Nothing worked at first - I'd even leave the house and still she just didn't want to fly coach when she could wait for first class. Now she's into anything new, and she thinks bottles are the greatest thing ever. Also, at 8-9 months, a nursing strike is common so you can try and take advantage of her lack of interest then. ((hugs)) and I hope you get a night out soon! Just remember in the long run these few months are going to benefit her for the rest of her life.
2006-11-03 22:25:34 · answer #3 · answered by Wendy F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son would NEVER take a bottle. My best suggestion would be to plan your date around your baby. nurse him right before you leave him with someone who can deal with a baby that might be fussy for a couple of hours. Eat someplace nearby, go home and feed him again and then maybe hit a movie. A six month-old can probably go for a couple of hours without eating.
This was the only way my husband and i got out the first year.
I also recommend offering replacement liquids in a cup. The Nuby brand has one with a silicone spout that is soft. Avent also makes spouts that fit in their regular bottle lids, in case you already have those.
2006-11-04 01:28:27 · answer #4 · answered by Terrible Threes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter was like that too. I had to leave her with my mother for a night and she was fine. The thing is if its you who is trying to give her the bottle she wont take it because she knows you have a better alternative...get someone else to try to feed her with it. Try giving her a bottle now and then during the day with a little sugar water in it instead of milk. Once my daughter figured out the bottle was easier she was fine. Good luck.
2006-11-03 20:30:31 · answer #5 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't be the one to give her the bottle, you'll probably have to leave the house. If she smells you, she'll want the good stuff. Try the Avent bottles or the Playtex Nurser, they support breast feeding. Just keep on having someone else offer it to her, and sooner or later she will take it.
2006-11-03 21:53:22 · answer #6 · answered by Liandrew00 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe she'll just go straight to a cup...I find it worked for me to have someone other than the mom offer the bottle...hold the baby facing away from you...not close up against the chest like a nursing mother would do...I used a sucking sound softly to encourage suckling...and no talking..baby is used to hearing mom's voice..do nothing to distract her...tried this on a very stubborn little girl who only took mom's breast or bottle from dad..and usually worked ok...but it took awhile to get her to do it...
2006-11-03 21:30:29 · answer #7 · answered by OliveRuth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have u tried pumping and then giving that to them like at night before she goes to bed as her night feeding? THat and different babies have different suck strength...i.e. Avent is good for strong suckers, Dr. Brown's is for weaker suckers, etc. I also read that you have to introduce a bottle by a certain time or they sometimes reject the bottle....might want to ask your pedi about it
2006-11-03 20:33:48 · answer #8 · answered by kristina807 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most babies will take a bottle from their father. Have your husband try to feed her with a bottle or another person in your family. She associates you with boob only.
Also talk to your dr about how to wean. Also try a cup with a lid.
2006-11-03 20:31:13 · answer #9 · answered by Allison S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
try the playtex nurser bottles with the drop in liners i had the same problem and thats the only bottle my son would drink from and someone else had to give it to him. he wouldn't let me feed him the bottle i guess he new i had the real stuff.
2006-11-03 20:29:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋