I've posted about this before but I'm reaching a point where I'm losing sleep over this. DS refuses a bottle and has done so since he was just about 3.5 months old. He is now 7.5 months. The most luck we have had is 20 mls on Monday night - but Tues and Wed he cried and cried until he got the breast (OK, crying was like 10 minutes, but I just can't accept the approach of let him cry until he succumbs and takes it - that's not what I want to do).

We have tried EVERYTHING suggested - every type of bottle, sippy cups, cups, expressed milk, formula - EVERYTHING. In 6 weeks I am going to be away for 48 hours and I am freaking out. What can I do? How will he survive those 48 hours if we don't get him on a bottle before then? Not to mention that I am returning to work part time on Monday and although I will be mainly working from home, I do need to pop into the office every now and then and I can't manage the pressure of doing this around feeds because I am the only one who can feed him.

My husband is convinced we will get DS "on the bottle" - I am so NOT convinced.

Also, if anyone has a recommendation of a sippy cup WITHOUT the anti spill valve, let me know - the ones that I have are so hard to suck (I've tired) and I want to make it easy for DS.

Sorry if this sounds a bit nutty but I am so worried about this.