I've been breastfeeding almost exclusivey, but supplementing with about 4 oz. of forumla in a bottle since birth. Lately, my baby has been rejecting the bottle all together and only wants the breast. I'm going back to work in a couple of week. Any ideas on how to get her to take the bottle again?
2007-02-13 04:30:37 · 15 answers · asked by Boston Lisa 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
The baby is more likely to take a bottle, particularly one with breastmilk, when mom is not around. So before you go back to work try leaving your baby with a caregiver for a few hours and you may find it isn't a problem.
Your other options are:
1) Cup feeding... NOT SIPPY CUP! A lactation consultant or La Leche League member can show you how. It is easy and it is what I did with my son when we were having trouble latching in the begining
2) Reverse cycling. Most babies *can* go 8-9 hours without food during the night at about 12 weeks. Many babies WILL go this long during the day if mom is not around. If they are allowed to make up for the lost feedings at night (generally this requires co-sleeping but it can be done without) then they will be fine. Many pumping moms do this either because the baby demands it or sometimes because the mom chooses it because they hate pumping.
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html
Best of luck!
2007-02-13 04:48:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I recommend the Breastflow bottle/nipple. You can get it online at Target or Babiesrus.com. The nipple has 2 pieces that go together. It ends up looking and feeling just like a breast (well, as much as it can). The nipple portion is short like a nipple - not like most other bottles. The surrounding portion is shaped like the breast, and is soft and kind of squishy.
The rest will take time and repetition.
2007-02-14 15:25:22 · answer #2 · answered by JadeAMurray 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, it's a common problem. Try different nipples. i really advocate the Avent/Playtex wide base bottles, and just keep working the baby. There will be a period of crying but as with anything parent-related, consistency is the key thing here. My daughter gets 70% of her BM from bottles, since I work.
2007-02-13 05:03:02 · answer #3 · answered by MomofOneSpnkyGrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are coping with this amazing now additionally. My son grew to become into large approximately taking the bottle at 4 weeks, then whilst he grew to become into 2 months previous we went on holiday for 3 weeks which in touch a lot of employing and lodges so I solely breast fed him provided that i did no longer p.c. to handle pumping. huge mistake! It has taken us provided that November tenth to persuade him to take a bottle and he continues to be no longer psyched approximately it. i'd advise against letting her paintings herself up onto a state. Then she'll have much greater reason to hate the bottle. What I did grew to become into have a bottle of breast milk waiting, and presented it in the previous he grew to become into incredibly incredibly hungry. at first I basically had him mouth the nipple of the bottle and then moved him over to the breast as form of a advantages. After some days of that we've been given him to take perchance an oz. with us form of expressing the milk from the bottle to get him began and save him moving into the previous getting dissatisfied, then switching him over. Now he's taking approximately 2 ouncesat a time, nonetheless no longer adequate provided that he's hungry an hour later, whether it is an progression, and that i've got a month in the previous going back to paintings. on occasion if he's sleepy he will take an entire bottle. i think of the trick is to be slow and not permit the infant get annoyed, and to confirm the infant gets a minimum of one bottle on a daily basis. you may additionally p.c. to construct in one greater 'snack' nursing consultation to guard your furnish, provided that pumping is in no way as useful. under are 2 articles that incredibly helped us. additionally, our infant likes the Avent #2 nipples, yet i think of it as lots to do with matching the mummy's flow fee... test, or attempt cup feeding. sturdy success Shelly, how do you comprehend it is formulation interior the bottle?
2016-10-02 02:01:52 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u might have to give the bottle to someone else to feed her. my friend is breastfeeding and is a working mother. her baby takes the milk from a bottle from her grandparents or father but not her mother.
2007-02-13 04:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by Miki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son did this to me. We had to try several different nipples before we found out that he preferred the NUK nipples. Sometimes they just want something that is comfortable to them. Try NUK of Avent nipples.
2007-02-13 04:34:31 · answer #6 · answered by blazenphoenix 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why dont you pump breastmilk and feed that from a bottle, she probably likes the breastmilk better. you could even keep doing that when you go back to work.
2007-02-13 06:22:40 · answer #7 · answered by TN girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep on brest freeding for a couple weeks
2007-02-13 04:48:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have someone else give the bottle.
The baby can smell you and will want you instead of the bottle.
Congrats on your new baby.
2007-02-13 04:37:46 · answer #9 · answered by Cammie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe she doesn't like the formula that ur goiving her... or the nipples on the bottle... try changing them and see if she'll take it then.
2007-02-13 04:35:26 · answer #10 · answered by laydenirvine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋