Help Please!!!!!!!!!!

[maggiebella25]

I don't know what to do. My almost 7 week old will not take a bottle. We have tried 3 different kinds.

She plays with the nipple and pushes it out with her tounge and acts like she doesn't know wha to do with it at all.

I have tried a tommee tippe even and nothing..she eventually gets so angry and inconsolable.

I do not feed her...I leave the room or house and my dh or someone else tries. I am super worried and stressed because I have got to start work in 2 weeks.

Help please

[sreichelt26]

Prepare yourself that she might not ever take a bottle - mine never did. But she also won't starve herself. If she gets hungry enough she will probably take it. If not, there are other ways to feed her while you're gone like a syringe.

Don't stress yourself out. It WILL work out :)

Quoting maggiebella25:

I don't know what to do. My almost 7 week old will not take a bottle. We have tried 3 different kinds.

She plays with the nipple and pushes it out with her tounge and acts like she doesn't know wha to do with it at all.

I have tried a tommee tippe even and nothing..she eventually gets so angry and inconsolable.

I do not feed her...I leave the room or house and my dh or someone else tries. I am super worried and stressed because I have got to start work in 2 weeks.

Help please

[HoBo86]

My dd has only taken a bottle a handful of times. what we ended up doing for daycare was sending a sippy cup. at first we did one with no valve and as she got older, put valve in. she accepted the sippy better than the bottle, but mostly she reverse cycled and waited for me to get her everyday. i think we started with the dr brown sippy because it had the smallest hole to not flood her at first.

[mama02040608]

 Most babies will take enough to take the edge off, so I wouldn't worry about that at all. The sippy cup idea is a good one as well.  Babies can get milk in so many different ways, the bottle is just the most common and convenient one. 

[tasksgirl]

At the hospital they showed us how to use a syringe at the same time as sticking a finger in her mouth, she should suck on the finger. Maybe this can start getting her used to something different? It was a lifesaver the first few days because her daddy could help feed her :)

[calimommy1021]

I am so sorry. Maybe try the Breastflow bottles by The First Years. They are shaped like a breast and even have a "let down" feature in a way. I hope that she will take a bottle for you so you don't have to stress about it at work. Good luck!

[gdiamante]

Yes, a syringe is a good alternative. SHe may well never take a drop when you're gone. That's OK. It's not bad for her at all. If she SLEPT for eight hours, you'd turn cartwheels, right? And no one eats while sleeping (even if my husband keeps claiming he's sleepwalking when the chocolate pudding disappears overnight).

[Gailll]

 Some babies won't take a bottle no matter how hungry they are. Yes they would starve themselves. I had a baby like that and it made me realize that being home with my baby was what I needed to do. I made twice as much as my husband but we made huge changes in our lives and thats what we did.

[gdiamante]

Quoting Gailll:

 Some babies won't take a bottle no matter how hungry they are. Yes they would starve themselves. I had a baby like that and it made me realize that being home with my baby was what I needed to do. I made twice as much as my husband but we made huge changes in our lives and thats what we did.

Gonna disagree there, Gailll. I've never yet met the baby that intentionally starved himself. Instinct doesn't allow it, and hunger striking is an adult concept.

Some of us CANNOT make those changes you tout. What we do here is try to make things work. Plenty of moms and babies do.

[livewell]

I'm sorry, but WHY are you trying to force your baby to take a bottle...did you know that there is TWO WAY COMMUNICATION between the baby and the boob? The baby will chemically TELL the milk factory to give it EXACTLY what it needs in that VERY MOMENT (hence the efficacy of nursing for boo-boos...there really ARE painkillers in the milk! It's not just "comfort")

So even though pumping and putting that in the bottle is WAY better than formula, it is not NEARLY as good as "straight from the tap."

Feel free to read my Journal post "Why I am Passionate about Breastfeeding"

[livewell]

Good for you! Sounds like you have a smart baby there, and considering that you have realized that the money will not make up for not having you there in those first three-super-duper-important years, your baby comes by their smarts naturally! :)

When I had my first child, I knew I wouldn't be able to leave her with a sitter (the first time I left the house she cried the ENTIRE time I was gone, something that impressed the nurse that was helping us...she said that children that age (about 7 months) don't usually have the staying power to keep crying like that...(lucky me LOL)). I am so glad I have managed to find work from home .

Quoting Gailll:

 Some babies won't take a bottle no matter how hungry they are. Yes they would starve themselves. I had a baby like that and it made me realize that being home with my baby was what I needed to do. I made twice as much as my husband but we made huge changes in our lives and thats what we did.