my girl is almost 5 mths old and is on breastfeed.now i want to introduce to her with formula milk,but problem is she is not ready to bottle,i have tried all the brands and all the ways,but she is is not ready to accept it.she takes formula with spoon only.i want to know that should i keep trying with bottle or can i start with a sipper after 6 mths.pls give me some more ideas with what else can i give her milk other than bottle
2007-03-08 03:48:35 · 9 answers · asked by hitgirl 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I don't think it's that she's "not ready for a bottle." She's just not used to it. Try using one type of bottle, starting with a stage one nipple, several times. Babies who are breastfed have to learn how to work a bottle (because it's a little different than the breast.) This is the same when they start to eat table food -- you have to introduce something several times before they'll get it. I wouldn't recommend going to the bottle and giving up and breastfeeding her if you are serious about stopping nursing. If you try a bottle, she refuses and you nurse her anyway, she'll learn that she can refuse the bottle and you'll give in. You can also try to start her on a Nuby brand sippy that has a soft spout, but that can flow pretty quickly for a baby her size. Good luck.
2007-03-08 03:54:05 · answer #1 · answered by Barbara B 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
To start the switch pump breastmilk and give it using a bottle. I recommend the Avert bottles, they are very similar in shape to your nipple, are great at preventing gas intake and the holes in the nipple are much like a human nipple. You should have a stage 1 nipple and a stage 2 nipple ready to go. I would imagine that with the stage 1 the baby won't get enough from the bottle, that nipple is designed for babies up to 3 months. After a few days of breastmlk in the bottle, you should be ok adding formula to the breast milk, there is no problem mixing the two. After a few days of that you will start producing less breastmilk and can wean off of the pumping so you don't have painful breast tissue and your baby will wean onto the formula.
2007-03-08 11:59:23 · answer #2 · answered by Christopher L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We had a very hard time getting my son to take a bottle. We ended up trying several different kinds of nipples, and when we found the right one, we didn't have any more trouble. See if you can buy single packages of a few different type of nipple, and try them each a few times, until you find the right one. We ended up having to go with a clear one - he would take anything else. You could try a sipper cup, too. Some kids are ready and others may take longer. Good luck!
2007-03-08 11:58:41 · answer #3 · answered by tech_girl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why not try with a sipper now? You can actually teach her to drink from a cup now...just put a few drops in a cup to start and let her take it straight from the cup w/o the sippy cover and gradually add a little more each time. My 4 year old was drinking from a regular cup by 6 mos.
...also, what kind of nipples did you try? The regualr ones taste like rubberbands...I prefered the silicone ones. They are easier to clean and have no taste.
2007-03-08 12:22:16 · answer #4 · answered by Stef 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can start a sippy cup now. You can also cup feed her with a regular cup, which is what I did in the hospital with my son when we were having latch issues. I used medicine cups because he was so small, just use a reasonable sized cup.
However you should really consider pumping for your daughter. Formula is no where near as good as breastmilk, and even mixing the two causes many of the benefits of breastmilk to be lost.
2007-03-08 11:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Have you tried the nipples that are breast shapped, perfect for taking the baby off the breast? I used them with my son switching over to the bottle.
2007-03-08 13:34:06 · answer #6 · answered by Jay & Steph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to have someone besides yourself give her the bottle. They say that the baby will not take it from you because she is used to the breast. Try having your husband feed her..when you are not around.. She will most likely take it!
2007-03-08 13:26:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try going straight to a cup. Use small plastic cups. It worked for us, 2 of my kids went straight from the breast to cups.
2007-03-08 12:30:25 · answer #8 · answered by schnipps 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i breastfeed my son also but i had to introduce him to my breast milk in a bottle first then i started giving him good start i alternated the two then boom one day my breast where my breast again
2007-03-08 11:54:01 · answer #9 · answered by dianashay 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋