or cup.. i've tried many different teats,bottles, cups and tried starving her. any suggestions as to how i can get her to take it i want to stop brest feeding her but not until i'm sure she'll take it from bottle/cup
2006-12-14 07:29:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I had a similar problem to Lynne and her advice is spot on. To get your daughter to take milk from a bottle, you really need to get her to take it from someone else or the little minx will just pester you for your milk - particularly as she can smell it. My daughter had a similar problem and in the end it was a combination of using other people to feed her and trying a mixture of teats and formulas (she never took breast milk from a bottle - in the end she would only take formula).
2006-12-14 21:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by babyalmie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My youngest daughter refused to even consider bottle or cup. I ended up breast feeding until she was almost two. Around the age of one she would take anything else in a bottle/cup except any type of milk. When I say refuse I mean screaming fit for what she wanted there was never any way I could have just stopped. So don't know any suggestions except maybe try to stick it out until she's one and then make sure her diet is sufficient that a few days without millk won't hurt her too bad and she will probably start drinking the milk from a bottle or a cup. Or you can just wait until she is ready.
2006-12-14 07:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a tricky one and I had a chuckle when I read your question! I too breast fed for months and when it came time to go back to work and try the bottle ... my kids were having none of it! I suggest you let someone else feed her ... then she wont smell you!! Once she has taken it once or twice she will actually find it's easier to suck than when she feeds off you. It is a game of patience though, so you are in for a couple of pretty determined days. She will kick off, but please don't stress, it is normal and she will soon catch on. You just have to persevere though,and not give in. Make sure there is someone there at main bottle times, as you will probably find she'll accept it from them! I presume she iseating solids now ... so it is not that serious if she misses some milk feeds. Once you have her weaned she will make up for it. Try mixing her breakfast with the new milk .. get her used to the taste! Good luck ... and remember you are not alone . all four of mine fought like soldiers!!
2006-12-14 07:37:34 · answer #3 · answered by lynne 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Is this the first you have tried to give her a bottle? Try having someone other than you feed her. You need to leave the room, maybe even the house. Go to the store. My son is 4 months old I am still breastfeeding but pump so my husband can have time with our son. and so I can go out with out the baby for a couple hours. We started him on a bottle once a day at 4 weeks. And the doctor told us to have me out of the room. The baby will not take the bottle if they know you are there to feed them. So try leaving so she has to take the bottle or remain hungry.
2006-12-14 08:11:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've just had the same dilema. Give her breast in the morning (first thing) and throughout the day offer her bottle only (don't be tempted to give her any breast!!). At bed time offer her breast again. She will soon learn that she has to take it.It will be hard for the first couple of days but trust me it will work!!! If she wakes in the night then offer her bottle too. Make sure she has fast flow teats on her bottles (avent - no.4, tommie tippee - no.3) otherwise she will tire herself out from sucking too hard. Good Luck!!
2006-12-14 07:39:06 · answer #5 · answered by stan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you feed your daughter you hold her close to you she feels your warmth she smells you(not being funny there) she is comfortable a breast is warm and soft to her mouth. When you try and feed her of the breast there is a slight distance between you and your daughter you are not holding her so close she does not feel the warmth as much etc and she is offered a hard plastic bottle to touch with a horrible tasting teat.
well thats my way of thinking hope it helps.
2006-12-14 07:39:02 · answer #6 · answered by Ding Dong 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would just keep trying everyday to offer a bottle or better yet a sipper cup. They have sipper cups that have a nipple on them maybe she would use something like that since it is shaped like the breast. Just keep trying and hopefully she will take the bottle or cup. GOOD LUCK
2006-12-14 07:35:29 · answer #7 · answered by teddybear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you just have to be hard i am afraid if she is offered only bottle or cup she will eventually take it, dont forget by now she can also have solids so she wont starve, children are very good at knowing when you will back down. x
2006-12-14 07:42:28 · answer #8 · answered by bumkin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My children are in their 20s, so it's a little foggy...but, I think I started them each drinking out of a cup with dilute grape ice, messy and can stain, so be careful. After they started drinking for a few weeks, giving other things that way became easier. I never gave my daughters formula. I made nutrition drinks for myself with yogurt, protein, yeast and other yucky stuff. I remember my little one sitting in her chair pounding her fists on the tray in anticipation. Maybe the formula is disgusting.
good luck!
2006-12-14 07:39:59 · answer #9 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep trying she'll take it eventually,also try getting someone else to offer the bottle she associates you with breastfeeding.
2006-12-15 07:13:03 · answer #10 · answered by Tanya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋