Posted by
smsm
19 yrs ago
Hi...my friends 3 month old is refusing to take a bottle (with expressed milk). She has been trying for a very long time since early weeks but without any headway. In between she took help of a lactation expert as well and the LO took it from her but then soon after that refuses to continue doing so. Any tips/ideas/suggestions for her.
thanks a lot
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HKC
19 yrs ago
MY LO was the same and I needed to go in hospital when she was 6 months so was frantic with worry!
Anyway the only bottle she would take (very very reluctantly at night when I was in hospital) was one with a latex teak that was variable flow from Mothercare
Now she is 29 months, she loves her bottle and I can't get her to give it up!
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Yes, my baby aslo went through a phase where he refused the bottle from me, but would take it from the helper or his dad with no problems.
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My baby refused bottle from me too. He only drinks from a bottle if my helper feeds him. Babies are really clever. Waffle is right about trying different teats. My LO who's been drinking from Avent for two months suddenly refused it at 4 months. We changed all teats to Pigeon and he drinks well till now.
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Are the nipples of the bottle newly changed? I had the same problem, and took my baby to the pediatrician, and he asked me if they were new nipples. It turned out the nipples ( silicon ones) were new, and still hard. I thought they were soft, but for a 3 month old, the nipple really need to be boiled and rinsed to soft and used like.
I had to boil the nipples for 20 minutes, rinse with cold water, then boil again, then rinse again, then boil again, and rinsed again.
He took the bottle finally.
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Try feeding the baby when she is still slightly sleepy and not fully awake. Most babies instinctively suck at these times.
Someone other than mom usually has more success offering a bottle. Try warming the teat first under running water.
Offer the bottle while holding the baby with his back against your chest so that he is facing outward.
If baby becomes distressed do not persist longer than 10 minutes. Baby can also be cup fed or spoon fed or finger fed with a supplemental feeding line attached.
Matilda International Hospital
Well Baby Clinic 2849 1500
Hong Kong
http://www.matilda.org
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