I have a 3 month old baby and I start back at work next month. He is fully breastfeed and plan on expressing for bottles but he won't take a bottle. Is there any way I can get him interested?
I have a 3 month old baby and I start back at work next month. He is fully breastfeed and plan on expressing for bottles but he won't take a bottle. Is there any way I can get him interested?
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Some babies never take to bottles however you can try offering your bubba a bottle half way through a feed or having someone else offer the feed when the baby doesn't have you around. That way the bubba won't know you are there.
Also make sure you offer the bottle before the bubs get super hungry.
I had a similar issue with my little boy when he was 3 months. Just would refuse to take the bottle. I was given this advice by a nurse at Tresillian and that is, if you are wanting your baby to take the bottle, then introduce the bottle first when you are feeding him. I think the idea behind that is, baby is less likely to take the bottle when they are partially full on breastmilk already. Give it a couple of tries and then breastfeed baby. Also, i worried about it so much and then just gave up on trying to introduce the bottle. Now he is 6 months in a couple of days and when i gave him the bottle just a couple of weeks ago, he just took it. I think some babies just need to get a little older to naturally take the bottle. Keep persevering :)