Natural Nurser
How long did you breastfeed?
My daughter is 4 months old. I have breastfed her since day one, we have been trying to get her to take a bottle for about a month and a half now. She does not like bottles, I have bought several different ones, and still nothing. (Drop-ins, Nuk, Adiri natural nurser, Avent) My hubby is the one that gives her the bottle, mostly when I am not here, and she doesn’t take it. I still want to breastfeed, I just want her to be able to take a bottle so that I can later wean her and so if I need to leave her with a sitter I can do so.
I am just curious to see how long you went breastfeeding without putting milk in a bottle, just boob, and nothing else. I am afraid she will never take a bottle. I am kind of hoping that maybe when its time for her to take a sippy cup that will work out better.
Any tips or suggestions?
I have been breastfeeding for 5 months now. I started giving my son the odd bottle fairly early (probably earlier than I should have), and he took it no problem. At about 2-3 months I tried to feed him a bottle and her refused it. I freaked out. Since then, I’ve bought a decent breast pump, and tried to pump a couple times a week and have my husband give it to him just to keep him familiar with it. We figured out that it has to be really warm for him to take it even now. I guess since it comes out of me at 98.6 degrees, he needs it to be at that temperature all the time. Since we’ve been heating it up to a fairly warm temp. he seems to take it without a problem. If he is a little fussy, my husband will start feeding him the bottle while he’s walking around, and once he takes it, he will sit down to finish. We are using the Dr. Brown bottles, but I don’t know if they are much different than what you’ve already tried.
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