How do i get my 10 week old daughter to take a bottle?
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at
6:43 pm
I breastfeed but I want to give her a bottle every now and then when I go out. I have tried expressing with an Avent pump but she just cries when I give her the bottle instead of boobs.
Help!
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Avent has good nipples, but many of the thicker silicone nipples are just not realistic compared to mom. The softer the better, try several until you find one that works. When you find one she is somewhat comfortable with, keep trying, hopefully she will eventually take to the artificail nipple. Mine did very well and had no nipple confusion but all babies are different so work with her until she gets used to the idea.
umm there is a bottle from Evenflow that is called ummm, i cant remember the name but it looks like a tit. its soft and big.
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Try having the babies father feed her the bottle. She can smell your milk, and doesn’t understand why you give her milk, not straight from you. Sometimes it helps to have somebody else start this with them.
practice…practice…practice…make it into a game for your daughter to pick up her bottle, encourage and reward her with "good job" when she tries to do it. Good luck!
Try different types of bottle nipples…I found with my babies that they preferred the softer, different shaped nipples when going to the bottle. After awhile I was able to get them to take the regular bottle nipples, they feel really un natural to a breast fed baby.
My daughter had that. Not to sound mean but make her get hungry a little. I was told that by the WIC. It is a little mean but hey it worked. Good Luck and take care of your little one.
I am not sure what the name is of this baby bottle cause it’s been a good while for me since my oldest daughter was a baby(she’s 23 now)i think the name of the bottle is called Even flow..it’s the baby bottle with disposable bags..the nipple on the bottle is close as a breast..try it
Try a different bottle or type nipple on the bottles.. Some babies have a hard time switching back and forth because a bottle nipple tastes and feels differnt than yours and it takes them time to adjust to the change.
Just tell her that you need to go out
It is better, if you can breast feed as long as you can, even if you go out, now that you have a baby, you must think of your baby first, not you going out.
When you do try to give your baby a bottle, you can try different bottles, some of the nipples that look & feel like our breast nipples.
WARM THE NIPPLE OF THE BOTTLE TO FEEL LIKE YOUR BREAST AND IF NEED BE RAP HER UP AND HOLD HER LIKE YOU ARE BREASTFEEDING AND LET HER THINK SHE IS GETTING MOM AND NOT THE BOTTLE.
dont be a dumb dumb just force your baby.
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Try doing this over a period of time: try to find a nipple that is almost as soft or hard as your own for the bottle and if that dosen’t work just keep her using your breasts.
If you haven’t tried to leave her yet, it will make it difficult when you do. Try to have your hubby (or whomever will be keeping her) come over and feed her while you are there, but only be there for a just-in-case basis. Your daughter can smell your milk, and after this long, she might not do well at first with someone else feeding her. Try the Playtex Evenflo bottle; they even have disposable baggies for added convience. A little pricy, but definitely worth it. Oh, by the way, put a little drop of your milk on the nipple-it gives her a little taste!
TRY PLAYTEX BOTTLES THEY WORKED FOR ME
Get a bottle that is made to use when you are nursing. Like the playtex nurzer or something. That is what I use. After many many many months of trying to get my son to do this I figured out the trick.
INTRODUCE THE BOTTLE (OF BREASTMILK) TO HER AS HER VERY FIRST MEAL OF THE DAY WHEN SHE IS THE MOST HUNGRY.
Have your husband give it to her. Warm it up (my son wont take it unless it’s warm, like my milk). It may take a while, but she will eventually give in because she is so hungry. Remember, as long as she is not under weight, she will be fine if she only takes a few oz. or so. Hold off until her next feeding. 2-3 hours from the time you start the first. Give her the breast at the second feeding. She will take as much as she needs if she didnt take enough from the first feeding.
Dont give up though. Once you get her to take milk from the bottle you wont have to do it in the morning anymore. I know that is when you want to nurse the most because you are so full. Instead, use the time dad has with her to pump your milk out and use it the next morning.
Be consistant!
My breast-fed daughter would take a bottle from me or her father (we used the Playtex "drop-ins"), but she wouldn’t take one at daycare when she started at 8 weeks.
They tried everything, and nothing worked. She wouldn’t eat all day, and then she’d eat constantly from the time I picked her up until I dropped her off again.
Finally they stopped trying to give her a bottle, and just gave her expressed milk from a cup instead. Sounds crazy, but it actually worked. She drank from a cup. And once she had that figured out, she took a bottle just fine and they never had another problem.
Try a bunch of different bottles and nipples. Try a bunch of different techniques (wrapping her, warming the nipple ahead of time, etc.). Have someone else feed her. Try feeding her when she’s hungry, but before she’s had a chance to get all worked up. And if all else fails, try a cup instead.
Oh–look at the nipples you have. Some of them are marked "slow" or "fast." Milk may be flowing too quickly or too slowly for your little one, and that may cause some of her frustration.
You may have to experiment with differnt bottle/nipple types. The best would be to find a nipple that is similar in shape to your own breast. With my youngest son I had to try 3 different nipples before he would latch properly. I use the playtex nursers for him. The nipple is fairly large and rounded similar to my own breast. Getting the father or someone else to feed for the first little while is a good idea as well. Good luck.
try to find nipples that are closer to your breast(i like the ones that flex) slowing introduce her with breastmilk in it of course. try letting someone else feed her too. most the time when mommy is trying to give the bottle they reject. try different nipples if u can till u find one she likes. best of luck to you
you may e following..:
1. try different bottle teats
2. dont bottle-feed her yourself if u can (at least at dis starting stage)
3. give very obvious expressive encouragement - she needs to see & know dat she’s done something good, e.g. smile broadly looking at her & say: wow!! u’re drinking from bottle.. u’re growing to become an intelligent girl/boy)
4. coax her into using it - it means blantly to force her.. but sweet-talk to her (with kisses) as u do dat..
i hope that helps.. =)
She might be more willing to take a bottle from someone else, when you’re not around. Think about it, if you went to your favorite gourmet restaurant expecting their usual quality food in an enticing atmosphere, how would you like your meal presented in a styrofoam container with plastic utensils? She doesn’t understand why you’re trying to put this rubber thing into her mouth! Try having someone give a bottle while you take a walk around the block. Some other things to try are to have her caregiver offer a bottle before she’s starving, try different styles of nipples (but stick to a "newborn" or "slow" flow nipple, because you want it to be as much like breastfeeding as possible), try holding her sitting up. Warming the bottle nipple under warm water may help, also. She won’t starve if she doesn’t eat for 2-3 hours, either. You could just nurse her immediately before you go out, and only plan on being gone for that length of time, then nurse immediately upon returning. Or plan your outings during her usual sleep times. There’s other ideas on the La Leche League website.
i would check out the new bottles they have and just give her a bottle..she will get hungry enough to just take the bottle..it takes time so u have to be patient
Necessity is the mother of all inventions!!!
i understand what you mean. i have to wear a sheild. so when i go out i have to bottle feed. its just going to take some time. she will just need to get used to it. you may have to pump more and not let her feed off you until she takes a bottle. i’ve had to do that. good luck. i wish you the best.
I had your problem when my baby refused to take the bottle. Don’t lose heart. I breastfed and used to switch to a bottle at least once a day but there was a time I stopped doing it for a month and exclusively breastfed him, Then it happened! he refused the bottle it took me 2 months to get him back. I tried 5 different nipple brands but they didn’t work until my cousin told me about her same prob and told me to use the GERBER NUK orthodontic nipples (brown one with the vent) nevermind the fact that it only fits certain bottle brands like evenflo and it was amazing how he latched onto it. My hubby helped by being the one to feed the bottle with pumped breastmilk so that the baby wont refuse it because it’s not mommy while I hide. Until eventually he started taking it even when am the one giving it. I make sure he used the bottle at least once a day while I still breastfeed so that he doesnt forget how to suck the bottle.
Good luck!