Help! Advice needed to help introduce a bottle (EBM) to 3 month old

Hi everyone,

My DS2 is 3 months old and has been breastfed exclusively since birth. I want him to be familiar with drinking EBM from a bottle so that I can have a bit of freedom.

I have tried giving him a bottle of EBM and he screws up his face and cries and doesn't drink it. I have tried doing this when he is hungry and also after a small feed but he still won't take it. I have only consistently been trying for the last couple of days and have only done it before the late afternoon/dinner feed.

He doesn't have a dummy.

I am trying Tommee Tippee bottles with number 1 teats and/or number 2 teats - doesn't seem to make a difference. My DS1 liked the bottles but he was familiar with them (EBM) from an earlier age.

I would appreciate any advice you may have!

dd would never take a bottle from me, but would from dh or my mums. id try with another person offering the ebm :)

I agree. Both my sons refused EBM in bottle from me but took it from DH and grandparents!! The real thing from the warm booby is so much better than defrosted in a bottle!!!!


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I have tried giving him freshly expressed milk and also tried the pigeon bottle/teat as well as the Tommee Tippee bottles I have. None have worked at this stage. I have tried giving him the bottle when he is hungry and also when he is full - none have worked although he is less likely to refuse it being in his mouth when he is full. If I offer it when he is hungry he cries hysterically. He has never sucked on the bottle properly. He won't take the bottle from me or DH.

Any help or stories will be appreciated.

My DD never took EBM from a bottle, cup or any other method. Breast only for her.

There is a blog that i love, and one of her posts was on ways of getting a break without using a bottle You don