Introducing a bottle

[Roudysmum]

Thankk you to everyone for your advice,

krysalyss, The staw idea is a greeat one i will definately try that one

Barb, Tyler is doing great on solids, he realy loves his food, the only reason im trying to get him to take a bottle, (or any thing else i can get him to drink from) is because i live so far away from town. When i do go to town if Tyler needs a sleep i can leave him at my friends place and if he wakes up before i get back i know she can feed him and then she doesnt have a screaming baby to contened with. When Tyler wakes up and wants a feed he wants it ten minutes ago so trying to distract him till a get there isnt realy an option. I am giving him EBM so at least i know hes still getting that.

Krisp, I do use the Avent bottles as i have the isis breast pump but im trying tommytippie now to.

The biggets problem i am having is that he wont suck on anything, he quite happy to chew on anything i give him and he has done this since birth, he cant even suck on a dummy and he even chews his fingers.

Thank you again for all of your advice and i will try those suggestions, if you think of any thing else please let me know.

[sarahforbes]

Oh my goodness. I really feel for you. I have been exclusively breastfeeding my little girl for six months now. At three months, I went back to work, part-time, and my daughter went to family day care close by. I tried to have her take the bottle a few weeks before I went back to work, and she refused. It didn't matter who tried, she would not take it. She would scream, and then only settle when I breastfed her again. After three months of my faithful family day care mum trying three days a week, she is finally taking it.

We tried Tommee Tippee and Avent but she would only take Nuk. My experience was that we just had to keep trying. Offer it again and again, and don't make it stressful for the baby. If they get upset, put it away and try again later. I made two trips a day back and forward to my baby every day for the first three months. It was hard work, but now that she's taking the bottle, I am getting ready to leave her with her daddy so that I can have a break. It is important that you know you can leave your baby with someone else, even just in case of emergency, but certainly so you can have some time to yourself.

My heart goes out to you. I hope you can work out a solution. Something WILL work. Maybe try the sippy cup too. Enjoy! xo