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Maybe try different bottles and also different nipple flows. It can be so hard bc both my kids were different. Both were breastfed but I started giving my daughter a bottle earlier on than I did with my son and she would take a bottle of breastmilk from anyone at anytime. As long as she was being fed she didn't care. My son, I waited longer to introduce a bottle and he was much pickier. Sometimes he would take one and other times he wouldn't. I worked full time but 2 of the days were at home working. So 3 days out of the week he was with my mom. At first he happily took bottles from her but once he hit 6 months, he slowly started rejecting them. And we tried everything. It got to a point that my pediatrician had me upping his solids all day when I was gone and then nursing non stop when I was home to make sure he was getting everything he needed. I think it's going to be trial and error for you. But also, if your husband is getting frustrated, baby can sense it. Also, maybe try offering the bottle more often then just once a week? Maybe with time baby will start to be ok with it
Feeding Chronicles: Frustrated Husband & Angry Baby Edition
We're trying to get our daughter to breastfeed and take the bottle. I asked my husband to do it since I read that I should leave the house during bottle feeding time.
We started with 1 bottle during her 6th week and my husband said she did great. But the next week, she wouldn't take it although that time I just tried to go to a different part of the house and I also realized my husband wasn't heating the milk enough.
After that every time I suggested for him to try a bottle again that week he declined, and told me to breastfeed her. He agreed to do a bottle this week (she's now 8wks), and she drank a bit, but was crying and super hungry when I got back to the house. So at that point he's frustrated and she's frustrated as well.
- How long did it take for your LO to accept a bottle?
- Should I try a new bottle brand even though he said she was fine the first time?
- My husband swears she needs fast flow (and I do have a strong letdown/fast slow which my LO is fine with), but should we switch to slow flow?
- If he refuses to do it, should I try? We don't have any close relatives nearby to help out.
If you have any tricks please send them my way! Currently using ComoTomo bottles.
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in following this just because I plan to breastfeed ans wanna be prepared. I didnt even know we would have to wait until 6 weeks to introduce a bottle. do you know if thats standard or just what youre comfortable with? I have to go back to work after 8 weeks 😳
Ho
and yay! for the baby girl taking a bottle :)
Ho
THANK YOU SO MUCH for following up! no one does that 😍
Ch
Just wanted to follow up and say my baby now takes a bottle. I switched to slow flow, if she's not taking the nipple my husband opens the bottle to let her have a "drink" like a cup - then after she tastes it she takes the bottle!
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