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not able to get baby to take bottle -weaning

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  • 07-09-2009 10:47am
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    daheff
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    Hi

    we have 7 month old that we are trying to wean to a bottle (along with mushy food- she is currently breast fed). she refuses point blank to drink either from a bottle or a cup, but will take pureed food from a spoon. We tried to get her to take some milk/water from the spoon, but have only had minimal success.

    Has anybody got any ideas/suggestions on how we can get her to take a bottle?

    thanks


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    ebmma
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    Some babies just hate bottles. I was apparently one of those - would just through a damn thing away when I could :)

    Maybe just keep trying with the spoon?

    --

    also are you giving breast milk in a bottle or formula? Maybe it's just too big of a step


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    Wantobe
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    I feel your pain- been there! Had the same problem with my first when she was around that age and I wanted to start giving her expressed milk. Eventually she would take it from a special bottle that I ordered from Medicare- have a look at the link:

    http://www.medicare.ie/Product/ProductInfo.aspx?id=41&cid=49

    I know it says it is for special needs children, but the idea is that even a weak suck will give milk plus it is a special teat so that they don't swallow air. HTH.

    PS it is a very fiddely and annoying bottle to put together, be warned! But it works, so...


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    IsThatSo?
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    Oh that brings back memories :(

    Just keep at it and make sure the contents of the bottle are as close to body temp as possible, that helped with my first two children. The teats have a completely different flow and that takes some adjusting on the babys' part. Try a few different size teats and try a few different types of bottles also, there will be one that s/he finds more comfortable.

    With my first child we had to try the "keep going and don't offer them the breast they will take from the bottle when hungry enough" but I used to end up crumbling and offering him the breast. Its hard to hold out if they won't take anything tbh and I wasn't really able to do that. Overall this was a very stressful method for all of us, so expect this to be upsetting.

    Keep trying, thats all you can do, it will work at some point.


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    pickarooney
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    If she's eating some semi-solid food, why not just give her that in addition to breast milk?


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    littlebug
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    My youngest was the same. I tried different bottles/ teats/ different people trying etc and nothing worked. I'd tried on and off from when he was 3 months and ended up just getitng frustrated and feeling guilty so I just gave up for a while. Then at about 7.5 months i decided to try again..., he was busy watching his dad and sister playing and I just kept him sitting on my knee but turned away from me and tried him with the bottle and he downed the lot! The distraction factor made the difference.


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    daheff
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    If she's eating some semi-solid food, why not just give her that in addition to breast milk?


    shes due to go to creche soon and we need to have her drinking from a bottle for that. Also she wouldnt eat a full feed of semi-solid food.


    ebmma

    we are trying breast milk in the bottle too...but she just has no interest.


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