He's 5 months old. Even when it's freshly pumped breastmilk he won't take it., he gets mad and crys until I nurse him I dont think he knows how to suck the bottle. If he was bottlefed would he be able to hold the bottle now? I NEVER even try the bottle anymore.
2006-11-27 08:04:41 · 6 answers · asked by A Person I am 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
If nursing exclusively at the breast works for you, there is no reason that he needs to learn to take a bottle. Is this working OK for you the way things are? Or is there a reason you would want or need him to learn to take a bottle?
Drinking from a bottle and from the breast require totally different mechanics. At the breast, he must work to get the milk out. With a bottle, it just flows right in and he has to work to stop the flow of milk.
If you want to try to get him to take a bottle, someone OTHER than mom should offer it. You shouldn't even be in the room. He is smart and will hold out for the real thing straight from the tap. :-) He is also old enough to try a soft spout sippy cup if you want. (Avent makes a good one.) There is also a "Rubbermaid juice box" that has a straw and works well. You can squeeze it to squirt milk into his mouth with the straw as he learns.
In a month he'll probably be ready to start solids, so if you need to be apart you can plan solid meals for that time period.
My son took bottles of expressed milk as I had to go back to work when he was 15 weeks old. My girls never took bottles because I didn't go back to work and there was no reason for them to need to do so.
2006-11-27 08:36:38 · answer #1 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably he just wants his Mom. Yes, he could most likely hold the bottle at 5 months but he probably would want you to do that too. Let him have his Mom until one year of age then try to get him to take drinks from a cup. Some babies hate to nurse on a bottle or pacifier
2006-11-27 16:11:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) He may be able to hold a sippy cup and may prefer that
2) Bottles drip so he would figure it out, but why take a bottle when the nice comfy booby is right there.
Personally I wouldn't really worry about him taking a bottle, he should be ready to take a sippy cup very soon. (Mine could at 6 months, probably even earlier except I didn't offer it as I didn't want to give him water)
He may take it if you weren't around (like not in the house at all)
What's the big deal anyway? Doesn't sound like you need him to take a bottle so why bother?
2006-11-27 16:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may need to breastfeed exclusively until he is able to "drink" out of a sippy cup. A great bottle to try that I found in a magazine is a breast bottle nurser that only costs about $15. http://www.leapsandboundscatalog.com/product/85207/686/117.html
Many babies have gone through this. He must be a breast man (lol-funny!!!) My children were bottle fed and they didn't hold the bottle until they were both over 8 months. Good luck!!!
2006-11-27 16:11:59 · answer #4 · answered by doom92556 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't worry about it too much. If you breastfeed exclusively, you won't need him to use a bottle, and pacifiers aren't a necessity either. You can start him with juice in a sippy cup when the doctor thinks he's ready for juice. Then when he's ready for real milk, start milk in the sippy and wean him off breastfeeding. That won't be pleasant either, but it'll happen.
2006-11-27 16:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by suzieq_64093 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My baby girl just didn't like the fake nipple and used to spit it out every time. She never used a pacifier.
Wait until he gets a few months older and is more aware and then offer him a bottle as a treat. He'll take it on his own.
2006-11-27 16:12:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋