Baby refusing bottle and pacifier.

Riley

My daughter is almost 7 months old. She has never had issues taking a bottle and her interest in pacifiers has fluctuated, with the highest interest being when she was a newborn and mostly declined since. She’d only take it when she was very tired, immediately after nursing. She got her first tooth about 2 weeks ago, and recently has been refusing a bottle and spits her pacifier out immediately. The pacifier isn’t a huge deal for me, she really only used it to help transition between sleeping while on the breast to being put down, but recently she’s just been rolling over and spitting it out without really waking up. However, I was truly shocked when she refused a bottle for my mom the other day. She has never done so in the past and has always happily accepted both breast and bottle. Now she pushes the bottle away or just chews on it until she gets bored. Is there any coming back from this? I tried another bottle but it was similar flow. Should I try a higher flow bottle? Does this mean that I won’t be able to leave her with her dad or grandma anymore since she won’t take the bottle? I’ve don’t have any experience with a baby that only accepts the breast. Has anyone’s babies had a phase like this or is she truly done with the bottle?

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