Wont take EBM?

[kirstenriley]

Hi All, my DD will not take my EBM from a bottle. She used to (although she really hasnt had that many of them), any tips on getting her to drink from a bottle? She wont take it from anyone else either.

Any help would be appreciated,thanks.--

[the_queen]

Is there a really important reason why she has to have it from a bottle? I'm asking genuinely, not being snarky :)
Because, unless there was a reeeeeally good reason why, I'd be inclined just to recognise that she knows what she likes, and feed her from the breast.

The other option is, try a sippy cup? She's about 3 months old, yeah? She could probably cope with being fed with a sippy cup.

[misskittyfantastico]

I'd definatley go the cup :thumbsup:

[kirstenriley]

no, its only for the odd time i want to go out (or sleep in...lol) and leave her with DH and not have to rush to get back for a feed.

Will definately try the sippy cup thanks!

[SilverStarfish]

We went through a phase of the same thing with Sarah. I had to be away a few hours a week and for while she's refuse anything until I got home.

Good news is that it passed reasonable quickly and now she'll down a whole 250ml bottle when she's hungry - but she still prefers boob esp at night :)

Have you tried a few different teats? We only has success with the pigeon peristaltic teats - and at 8.5 months they are still the only ones she will use!

We tried the sippy cup too, but it didn't work for us. She didn't want it.