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Son will NOT take bottle
My 5 1/2 month old son is exclusively breastfed. I have to be out of town overnight in few weeks so I have tried to introduce a bottle a day of pumped breastmilk. He usually takes it while we walk around with him and provide distractions. We tried to give him the bottle in the middle of the night when he woke for his first feeding. I left the room and my husband tried to give it to him. He totally FREAKED out. Cryning pushing it away, arching away from it. I could not take it anymore so I came in and tried the bottle with him. At first he took it but after a little while he started screaming so I ended up nursing him. I am very anxious about this trip and do not want to leave him with our babysitter if he won't take the bottle. Is there anything I can give hime that will help him accept the bottle. I have tried all the 'tricks' I know, changed bottle type, warmed it, cooled it etc... I think he just has separation anxiety if I am not around and someone else tried to feed him. Does anyone have any suggestions???mullek79 on 2008-08-10
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I'd like to suggest you trying to switch him without medication. This is not a symptom to give medicine right off, unless it keeps repeating. Some kids don't like switching. To begin with, don't ask your husband to try.He is used to being breasfed by you - in the middle of the night, if he feels a different plastic nipple as well as a different person, it may well not settle weel. Do it yourself like this - sleep in the same position as you would when you would breastfeed him. When you need to feed him, try positioning the bottle next to your breast so he feels the position and the overall warmth. It may make it easier. Try this for a week. You may find resistance. IT took us a week to switch our son this way. Then try medicines..
aske123 last decade
I would tend to agree with aske123, but in case this problem does not go away even on further trying, you can give him a couple of doses of Pulsatilla 6C, not to be repeated.
1 dose = a teaspoon from a bottle of spring water, where 2 pellets have been dissolved.
1 dose = a teaspoon from a bottle of spring water, where 2 pellets have been dissolved.
sameervermani last decade
Thank you both. I will try aske 123 suggestion first and then if that does not work I will try the pulsatilla. Is there anything that I can take to ease my anxiety??? I think if I am more relaxed perhaps he will sense this???
mullek79 last decade
Hi,
The other thing you can try is to give it with a spoon. My son also did not take bottle. I was worried when I had to join back work and he was not taking bottle. But the day care people gave him milk with a spoon and he drank it. Some kids won't like to take bottle or pacifiers. In that case, don't try to force it on them. Find another way to feed them. Hope this helps you.
The other thing you can try is to give it with a spoon. My son also did not take bottle. I was worried when I had to join back work and he was not taking bottle. But the day care people gave him milk with a spoon and he drank it. Some kids won't like to take bottle or pacifiers. In that case, don't try to force it on them. Find another way to feed them. Hope this helps you.
tochitra last decade
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