Comments on: Getting a Breastfed Baby to Take a Bottle of Breast Milk (Mom to Mom #13) http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/ Breastfeeding 1-2-3: A Blog for Breastfeeding Tips and Support Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:26:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sobia http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-29018 Sobia Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:38:27 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-29018 yep same thing here my 6 month old has gone through alot of bottles, and sippy cups. She refuses to drink milk out of them. I really need to get her on the bottle. yep same thing here my 6 month old has gone through alot of bottles, and sippy cups. She refuses to drink milk out of them. I really need to get her on the bottle.

]]> By: Jeanette http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-28797 Jeanette Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:48:25 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-28797 Ladies, ladies, ladies, it feels so good to know that I am not alone. Neither of my little women took the bottle. My 2 1/2 month old absolutely refuses to take the bottle. I have returned to work, and I have to leave several times to go and feed her. I have tried everything possible. I will continue to try with the sippy cup and the straw. Thanks so much, and hang in there. Ladies, ladies, ladies, it feels so good to know that I am not alone. Neither of my little women took the bottle. My 2 1/2 month old absolutely refuses to take the bottle. I have returned to work, and I have to leave several times to go and feed her. I have tried everything possible. I will continue to try with the sippy cup and the straw. Thanks so much, and hang in there.

]]> By: Rochelle http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-17519 Rochelle Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:10:40 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-17519 Wow, I'm relieved to know that my son isn't the only stubborn baby! He's 4 months old and won't take a bottle either. My story is so similar to you ladies. I've spent so much money on bottles & nipples, I'm trying the sippy cup but he just spills it, doesn't suck on it. At this point I am willing to try anything. I'm curious about the "straws". Did anyone have an answer for that? Wow, I’m relieved to know that my son isn’t the only stubborn baby! He’s 4 months old and won’t take a bottle either. My story is so similar to you ladies. I’ve spent so much money on bottles & nipples, I’m trying the sippy cup but he just spills it, doesn’t suck on it. At this point I am willing to try anything.

I’m curious about the “straws”. Did anyone have an answer for that?

]]> By: Jenna http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-15070 Jenna Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:05:51 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-15070 I feel like I am totally reading my situation from you other moms! So, I have been pretty much exclusively breastfeeding for 8 1/2 months now, however we introduced the bottle around 2 months and he has been getting a bottle every evening (1/2 b.m., 1/2 formula) so daddy could feed him (although he'd take it from me too). I decided to throw in the towel on breastfeeding because I am sick and tired of multiple mastitis and plugged duct attacks. I thought my baby would be fine on the bottle because he had taken it well before, but now it seems as though he is just TICKED! The sight of a bottle makes him mad since I have begun to wean him. I am only nursing before bed and first thing in the am, but he's fighting the bottle all day. I tried a new sippy cup (the nuk) because he does well with sippy cups, and that worked a little. Got him to take about 5 oz all day with that. Made a big production of the sippy cup and even made up a song about it! AHHHH. I hope I am more stubborn than him and I win in the end. We are having a two night getaway next week and I'm hoping to leave my in-laws with a pleasant baby. We'll see! I feel like I am totally reading my situation from you other moms! So, I have been pretty much exclusively breastfeeding for 8 1/2 months now, however we introduced the bottle around 2 months and he has been getting a bottle every evening (1/2 b.m., 1/2 formula) so daddy could feed him (although he’d take it from me too). I decided to throw in the towel on breastfeeding because I am sick and tired of multiple mastitis and plugged duct attacks. I thought my baby would be fine on the bottle because he had taken it well before, but now it seems as though he is just TICKED! The sight of a bottle makes him mad since I have begun to wean him. I am only nursing before bed and first thing in the am, but he’s fighting the bottle all day. I tried a new sippy cup (the nuk) because he does well with sippy cups, and that worked a little. Got him to take about 5 oz all day with that. Made a big production of the sippy cup and even made up a song about it! AHHHH. I hope I am more stubborn than him and I win in the end. We are having a two night getaway next week and I’m hoping to leave my in-laws with a pleasant baby. We’ll see!

]]> By: Tiara http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-9037 Tiara Sat, 09 May 2009 19:27:50 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-9037 wow! I thouhgt I was one of very few unfortunate mothers to be going through this issue! my son is almost 7 months old and he freaks at even the sight of a bottle...we have spent a ton of money on different formulas, bottles, nipples, sippy cups...everything and he refuses. when he was about 3 months he had taken a bottle and now nothing! it is very frustrating...i have to leave toen in 3 weeks for a day and can not take him and i am scared...he will not take the bottle and thats alot of stress on baby AND daddy when i am gone. thanks for the idea about a straw..i will go out and pick something up right now, and as tanya had mentioned. what kind of straw?? please help haha! my next baby is getting bottle fed at least once a day fom day one! wow! I thouhgt I was one of very few unfortunate mothers to be going through this issue! my son is almost 7 months old and he freaks at even the sight of a bottle…we have spent a ton of money on different formulas, bottles, nipples, sippy cups…everything and he refuses. when he was about 3 months he had taken a bottle and now nothing! it is very frustrating…i have to leave toen in 3 weeks for a day and can not take him and i am scared…he will not take the bottle and thats alot of stress on baby AND daddy when i am gone. thanks for the idea about a straw..i will go out and pick something up right now, and as tanya had mentioned. what kind of straw?? please help haha! my next baby is getting bottle fed at least once a day fom day one!

]]> By: katt http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-5141 katt Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:44:14 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-5141 We have a 4.5 month old that were trying to get to take a bottle of breast milk so that mommy and daddy can have some alone time when gramma babysits. Its also a scream fest and were trying different bottles and flows. I notice that if I let him play with the bottle or nipple for a bit he sort of gets used to it. I just finished getting him to take a bottle after 1.5 hours of trying. What finally worked was to start him on the breast and then switch it up, seemed to work. Tomorrow Ill try that again and if it works again, Ill slowly try to transition him to just bottle alone. Im really hoping this works because Daddy and I could really use some alone time, without having to be called back to feed baby. We have a 4.5 month old that were trying to get to take a bottle of breast milk so that mommy and daddy can have some alone time when gramma babysits. Its also a scream fest and were trying different bottles and flows. I notice that if I let him play with the bottle or nipple for a bit he sort of gets used to it. I just finished getting him to take a bottle after 1.5 hours of trying. What finally worked was to start him on the breast and then switch it up, seemed to work. Tomorrow Ill try that again and if it works again, Ill slowly try to transition him to just bottle alone. Im really hoping this works because Daddy and I could really use some alone time, without having to be called back to feed baby.

]]> By: tanya http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-3204 tanya Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:56:47 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-3204 i'm in the same boat. I'm trying to get my 6 month old to take milk in any way shape or form. We've gone through 5 different bottles/sippy cups. We've bought eye droppers and syringes. Even a mini-bottle used to give babies medicine. And she hates them all. I'm going to try the nuk but wanted to ask what you ladies mean by "straw". You dont' mean a straw like I'd get in a restaurant right? You mean like a kids sippy cup with a straw. Can you give me brand names/types? Thanks! i’m in the same boat. I’m trying to get my 6 month old to take milk in any way shape or form. We’ve gone through 5 different bottles/sippy cups. We’ve bought eye droppers and syringes. Even a mini-bottle used to give babies medicine. And she hates them all. I’m going to try the nuk but wanted to ask what you ladies mean by “straw”. You dont’ mean a straw like I’d get in a restaurant right? You mean like a kids sippy cup with a straw. Can you give me brand names/types? Thanks!

]]> By: Ruth http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-4724 Ruth Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:35:51 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-4724 I was just wondering about introducing the sippy cup to my 4 month old breastfed baby. I had a similar experience to Rose...my baby was a premie born at 33 weeks. She was fed via gavage, bottle and breast during her 2 weeks in hospital. We continued bottle/breast at home, then transitioned to exclusively breast (Yipeee!). My husband and I went out for Valentine's and left munchkin with Grandma and Grandpa for the evening. She refused the bottle from them all together even though I did a bottle trial earlier in the day (expressed milk) with no problems! I thought she'd be fine given that she used the bottle earlier in life...guess I was wrong! I wonder if a sippy cup with expressed milk would be a better option, or perhaps a straw as other Mums have suggested...? It would just be nice to have an occasional evening out with hubby and not worry that bubs is home starving :( I was just wondering about introducing the sippy cup to my 4 month old breastfed baby. I had a similar experience to Rose…my baby was a premie born at 33 weeks. She was fed via gavage, bottle and breast during her 2 weeks in hospital. We continued bottle/breast at home, then transitioned to exclusively breast (Yipeee!). My husband and I went out for Valentine’s and left munchkin with Grandma and Grandpa for the evening. She refused the bottle from them all together even though I did a bottle trial earlier in the day (expressed milk) with no problems! I thought she’d be fine given that she used the bottle earlier in life…guess I was wrong! I wonder if a sippy cup with expressed milk would be a better option, or perhaps a straw as other Mums have suggested…? It would just be nice to have an occasional evening out with hubby and not worry that bubs is home starving :(

]]> By: Joyce http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-3570 Joyce Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:02:56 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-3570 My breastfed baby never liked the bottle. Part of me wishes that I just pumped, but I know that our nursing times together is plain bliss. Anyway, we tried every nipple and bottle out there. She would take some (NAM) but not enough (as little as 2-3oz on some bad days). Luckily, I only work 3 days, so she's fed full 4 days a week. Finally, I started trying to feed her using a cup around 6 month - pretty good, but still wasted a lot of milk. Then I tried a straw at 7 month - at first, she chewed on it for a bit then she sucked and never turned back. Now, at 8 months, she take 10 oz/day at daycare using a straw (plus cereal and baby food). Perhaps if I had started her on the straw earlier I would have been a lot less stressed... Anyway, hope this helps. My breastfed baby never liked the bottle. Part of me wishes that I just pumped, but I know that our nursing times together is plain bliss. Anyway, we tried every nipple and bottle out there. She would take some (NAM) but not enough (as little as 2-3oz on some bad days). Luckily, I only work 3 days, so she’s fed full 4 days a week. Finally, I started trying to feed her using a cup around 6 month – pretty good, but still wasted a lot of milk. Then I tried a straw at 7 month – at first, she chewed on it for a bit then she sucked and never turned back. Now, at 8 months, she take 10 oz/day at daycare using a straw (plus cereal and baby food). Perhaps if I had started her on the straw earlier I would have been a lot less stressed… Anyway, hope this helps.

]]> By: Tabitha http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/comment-page-1/#comment-4306 Tabitha Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:00:27 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/getting-a-breastfed-baby-to-take-a-bottle-of-breast-milk-mom-to-mom-13/#comment-4306 I am having the same issue.. my 9 week old will not take any bottle... i tried avent, nuk,playtex nurser, playtex ventair, and nothing.. i am going this evening to try the breast flow bottle this is the last bottle i am trying! If i knew that it was going to be this hard i never would have breast fed her.. i would have pumped directly into a bottle instead.. I am having the same issue.. my 9 week old will not take any bottle… i tried avent, nuk,playtex nurser, playtex ventair, and nothing.. i am going this evening to try the breast flow bottle this is the last bottle i am trying! If i knew that it was going to be this hard i never would have breast fed her.. i would have pumped directly into a bottle instead..

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