Is it EBM or F in the bottle? You might find the transition easier if it is EBM while you are teaching, as the taste will be the same. Formula is a very different taste. That way it is only the method that is new, not the method and the taste.
How long will you be gone for hun? If you give her a bf just before you leave, make sure hubby has some ebm just in case while you're gone, and then offer her a bf as soon as you return, she'll be fine. She might be happy to wait until you're home if you're not gone for the whole night.
I used a straw cup at about this age.... to get them to take it hold the end of the straw so it holds the liquid in the straw and let them suck it out. They get the hang of it pretty quick.
When I had mastitis and couldn't feed cos it was too painful, and didn't want to cause nipple confusion by using a bottle we did a "finger feed".
You get a small tube and put one end in the milk (in a cup) and one end alongside your finger and then put the finger in their mouth to suck (facing up so nail down against tongue). As they suck they draw in the milk through the tube and feed! You just need to make sure you have clean hands and no nails!
I'm not too sure where you'd get the tube to be honest- a lactation consultant gave us ours, maybe a pharmacy??
Not ideal I guess but worth a try if you're desperate
I have found success using one of those NUBY cups! the spout is quite big and rectangle and I think is meant for 6 months onward but she actually drank the formula from it tonight! I was amazed!
Thanks for your help girls
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