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Richie
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Topic: Refusing bottle at 9 months Posted: 30 November 2010 at 10:07am |
Isla is now 9 months old and I'm trying to get her to take a bottle, but she just wont. We have tried everything.... offering the bottle at different times of day, different people feeding her (have tried getting someone to feed her while I'm not there), different bottles/sippy cups, EVERYTHING but she just outright refuses. She did take about 100mls last week from a bottle but that was a fluke I think cause now she wont let that bottle near her. I'm starting to get really down about it and actually starting to hate breastfeeding her. I used to love breastfeeding but now it feels like such a chore cause she just wont have it any other way. I seriously don't know what else to do. My supply is diminishing so have been pumping 2-3hrly to try and bring supply up so she is getting enough but all the milk I express just ends up going down the sink, it seems like such a waste. What else can I do? This is really getting me quite down and I just cry at the thought of trying to get her to take a bottle now. I'm out of energy and would really love some time to myself one of these days but I always have to stay close to her so she can feed! PLEASE HELP!
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Whateversville
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Posted: 30 November 2010 at 10:18am |
I haven't any advise but just wanted to say you're not alone. My DS has never taken a bottle either no matter how hard I tried. I started trying him at 4weeks - thinking I'd get in early but no. I tried EBM and 3 different formulas. But nothing. He would chew on the teat, cry, wriggle away, gag it was horrible. I tried about a million different bottles and teats and sippy cup.
In the end I gave up trying coz I found it consuming me. My whole days were spent stressing over getting him on a bottle. I couldn't understand why he wouldn't take it - IT JUST A BOTTLE..But he actually doesn't need to be on the bottle, I'm not going back to work or anything..
I now love breastfeeding and hopefully plan to do it for a while yet.
So, huge hugs to you - deep breath and remember she wont BF forever. She must just love her mama cuddles too much
Keep at it. One day she'll suprise you and go on the bottle and refuse BFing and you'll miss it hehe murphy's law & all.
Good luck hun
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Posted: 30 November 2010 at 10:29am |
Thanks hun, unfortunately I will be going back to work on Jan 10th (only part time) so she kinda needs to learn to take a bottle by then! So it looks like my last month or so I have left on leave is guna be a stressful one  I do want to keep BFing her. My goal was always to get to at least 12 months but I'd love to be able to leave her with DF so I can go and have some 'me' time but i just can't. Had DF's work do the other night and I could only go out for 4hrs. She was at my Mum's and wouldn't take a bottle before bed. She did eventually go to sleep but then woke up an hour later hungry so I had to go home and feed her.
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Whateversville
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Posted: 30 November 2010 at 10:50am |
Oh dear..
A friend of mine's little girl is the same (she's 8months) and friend has gone back to work so little girl has been taught to BF only morning and night. She has water and juice the few hours she's at work.
TBH that wouldn't work for me as I still BF DS a thousand times a day lol
But how long can Isla go without feeding from you? Does she drink water ok? Can she go to sleep without feeding?
I know it's not ideal or proberly even reccommened but what else can ya do. If baby doesn't want milk from anywhere but mama she'll have to wait.
I'm really no expert lol but I do feel for you xx
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Posted: 30 November 2010 at 11:17am |
The feeds she does have during the day are pretty minimal to be honest, she has just recently cut WAY back on her feeding. She used to feed 5-6 times a day, now she has 3-4 but the feed during the day is only for like 2mins so I doubt she gets much so maybe she will be OK just feeding first thing in the morning and last thing at night (and her feed during the night at about 3am.... hopefully that stops when I'm back at work!)
A few times over this past fortnight, I have put her to bed without a feed cause she has been a fussy bum and not wanting boob, but she will only sleep 30mins then she is awake wanting fed.
And yup, she drinks water fine. She drinks a lot of water throughout the day cause I'm always worried she's not getting enough fluid from me.
Thanks again for your help x
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Posted: 30 November 2010 at 7:57pm |
yanno what Lisa, we need is for Isla and Riley to change places - i want/need Riley to take the boob again and you need Isla to take the bottle... wouldn't that be so easy if we could do that
Hope you get it sorted - I found with Riley offering every day with the bottle he finally got there. Hang in there and dont give up!
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Posted: 12 December 2010 at 8:56am |
Just saw this, hope it's sorted out now, but if not have you tried giving her the EBM in a sippy cup? My DD wouldn't take a bottle either, would just chew on it and scream till I fed her. So we tried it in a sippy cup and that worked (she still wanted to BF after it though LOL). When she was your girl's age DH and I went out to see a movie for our anniversary (a year ago on Friday actually lol) I left some EBM and the sippy cup for my mum and she took it fine - wouldn't go to sleep till I got home tho but that's another story (she still won't go to sleep for anyone but me although she weaned from BF at 13months!)
anyway hope that helps, worth a try
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Posted: 12 December 2010 at 9:26am |
Hiya
Thanks for your reply - yea I've tried that, cause Isla will take water from a sippy cup no probs so thought it would work but nope  She still wont have a bar of it. I've taken a break from trying to get her to take a bottle or sippy cup cause it was starting to really do my head in and I think she was picking up on that so think it's best we just forget about it for a while and then try again in a few days.
We left her with mum a few weeks ago while we went to DF's work do. Gave Mum some EBM with a bottle and a sippy cup and got her to try both but she didn't want either. It's such a PITA! I want to keep BFing her to 12 months but I would love to have the flexibility of being able to leave her with Mum for a few hours so DF and I can actually go out to dinner, but at the moment, we just can't. Well we can, but we always have to rush so I'm home in time to feed her before bed. Not very romantic as you'd imagine! lol
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