Three month old wont take a bottle!

[madmillie92]

So my efb daughter used to have an expressed bottle a night at first but I just stopped as I couldn't be bothered to pump when I could just feed her myself and I assumed she would switch between breast and bottle easily as my son did.. After about a month if no bottles she now refuses one, chews it and pushes it around her mouth before screaming and getting all worked up.. We have tried tommee tippie and Minbie bottles (which gave such glowing reviews) but she's not having it at all.
Now I really wouldn't mind, I'm enjoying breastfeeding her and not planning to go back to work soon but I have a hen night coming up, not just any one, I'm the chief bridesmaid and planned it myself and paid for it whilst I was pregnant, I'll be away from her for 24 hours at least. I had my dress fitting a couple of weeks ago and my oh looked after her for five hours and she screamed for most of that as she was hungry and overtired.. She also uses me as a dummy to get to sleep!
I'm feeling so guilty for trying to force a bottle on her so I can have a night with the girls but boy do I need one😂 plus it's my best friends hen night, I can't not go! Any advice?

 

[KHTW]

Has you OH tried feeding with a bottle? If she smells and feels you, she may be like 'what are you doing? just whip out that boob, mother!'. But if you are not around she may take bottle?

It may be worth to keep trying more different bottle brands, there is so many, maybe she will like one of them?

Good luck x

 

[GBLiz]

it took my LO a while to accept a bottle. in the end he took a Lansinoh moma bottle which has a more natural teat shape. I had to really cuddle him up to replicate breastfeeding and make sure the milk was the right temperature and eventually he caught on. It didnt work so well the usual advice about someone else feeding him in my case

 

[madmillie92]

Thanks, ordering the nuk latex bottles as I think it's he feel of the plastic...she won't take a dummy but she'll suck on my finger no problem!
Tonight I tried again with tommee tippee, she was calm and happy lying in the sofa, put the bottle to her mouth, she took one mouthful and the bottom lip came out and she SCREAMED.. Proper tears and everything 😣 one month to go to the hen night ahhhh🤦🏼

 

[fluffycat]

Keep trying every so often (like maybe a few times a day) and see if she comes round. No other advice apart from leaving your boob at home while you go to the hen night? ��

 

[TORino]

I had this with my daughter. It caused no end of stress for me as I felt I was being held hostage and I didn’t like the pressure of being the only person to feed her.

She will take the bottle if you persevere. Though it won’t be a pleasant process. Imagine if you weren’t there for whatever reason. She wouldn’t starve to death and would eventually take her food in an alternative manner. I would advise that you don’t attempt it yourself (she’ll smell the milk and sounds like she’s stubborn ) and you are not in the room when your partner does it. And she should be hungry, at a time where you would feed her a decent feed. And lastly.. I would really recommend the MAM bottles which claim to have 94% teat acceptance rate.

Good luck

 

[BunnyN]

DD never learned to use a bottle or dummy but she took to a sippy cup right away. I think she didn't like the feel of a bottle teat.She was more like 5 months when she started with the sippy cup but it might be worth a try. A good time for introducing new things can be during night feeds when they are not fully awake to think about it.

 

[madmillie92]

Thanks everyone, tried the latex nuk ones thinking they'd feel more natural, she'll take an Oz or so stopping and starting.. Having trouble pumping enough for all these bottle attempts plus storing for hen night plus feeding her🤦🏼 also trying to stop feeding to sleep by starting the eat play sleep routine.. More like eat play scream at mummy while she rocks me to sleep for an hour 😂 ill try mam next I think xx

 

[TattooedMummy]

Do you think she possibly isn't taking the bottles because it is YOU (her favourite source of milk!) offering it?

In my own experience (mum to a 5yr old and working with babies for 2years) generally babies will not starve themselves and will adapt and take their milk from an alternative source - as a poster above said try the feeds from dad when she is definitley hungry and when you aren't in the room.

Some brands make an anti-colic bottle which has a teat that milk will flow from easily, there are also some brands that do a squishy bottle so you can squeeze some milk into the teat that way.

Good Luck

Edit to add - ComoTomo is a squishy bottle you could try!

 

[Karenb]

My son has accepted the NUK ones the best. My daughter didn’t accept a bottle for 9 months though which gave me no flexibility! Trying earlier this time as I have a few events to go to (weddings etc) and is like the option!

 

[popa]

hegen baby bottle you could try