Baby will not take a bottle and we’re tired of trying.
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Anonymous
| You'll be fine. My son wouldn't take a bottle, but he used a cup and a spoon right "on time." |
Anonymous
| Had same problem with DC2 (DC1 took bottles no problem). It was a problem for me because he eventually had to go to daycare, but he didn't go until he was about 8-9 months. What I ended up doing was having them mix breastmilk into his purees and spoonfeed him (which they were willing to do). He would take a little from a bottle if he got hungry enough (I used comotomo bottles where you could squirt a little in to encourage them). Then it was just extra nursing at home to make sure he was getting enough. |
Anonymous
| Did you try not breastfeeding for a couple of days? Offering maybe solid food instead? |
Anonymous
How would this work? Just pump? Also solid food? This is only a 5 month old |
Anonymous
| My youngest exclusively breastfeed for one year. No bottles, no solids, no cereal, no babyfood. He's a healthy athletic 15 year old now. Zero issues. |
Anonymous
| My kid is adopted so took a bottle from day one. But a friend of mine BF but then had to go back to work. I think her DD was 4 months. They tried to switch nicely at first but then the time came and that had to go cold turkey. Took 2 days of screaming and no boob but they got there. If you need your DD to take a bottle you may have to do this. If you don’t, keep doing what you’re doing. |
Anonymous
| Just try again in a few months. I found my babies were more likely and willing to try a bottle after having a few solid foods. They just seemed more open to trying new things 7-9 months. |
Anonymous
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My second was like that. Bought all these special bottles:nipples, finally gave up and just lived with it.
Both my kids started with straw cups by 6 months for water with meals (bottle hater also hated baby food and so only ate small pieces of non-puréed food from the start too). It was fine. I was a SAHM, so that helped it be fine. Regular soppy cups straw cups and just cups were fine and never had a problem with them. |
Anonymous
No. Do not do this. |
Anonymous
| I had four kids. Two refused the bottle completely. Just like adults, kids have preferences as well. |
jsmith123
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Bottles are a relatively new thing, in terms of evolution. And millions of children across the world have never used them.
Your child will be just fine 
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Anonymous
| It could be something like acid reflux and not related to the bottle at all. |
Anonymous
| Check with the pediatrician and/or a pediatric nutritionist. Mine refused the bottle and she had to have a g-tube for a year so she could get nourishment. Saying that they’ll eventually get hungry enough to take a bottle isn’t always true. |
Anonymous
| We had the same problem and actually used a bottle that was like a sippy cup instead of a nipple. |
Anonymous
| What worked for us was slipping in the bottle nipple while breastfeeding and then gently easing the baby off the boob and onto the bottle nipple. |