After the first few weeks when Camille was being supplemented with extra pumped milk, we stopped offering her the bottle. This was simply because breastfeeding was so much easier than pumping, and washing bottles, and freezing and thawing milk, etc.
We tried re-introducing the bottle to her around 2.5 months and she had developed a distaste for it. She will not take the bottle. Ever. Not with pumped milk. Not with formula. Not with water. Not when Chin feeds her. Not when I feed her. Not with any of the many bottles we've tried.
If I could choose whether she would choose the bottle or the breast, I would always pick breast. Because I nurse Camille, I feel very well connected with her. I am never away from her for more than a few hours.
But when it comes to me going back to school in two months (she will be 10 months old), it gets complicated. How is she going to survive without miu-miu?!
She has started eating solids...which I think will help. But she doesn't even take the sippy cup. Or drink out of a normal cup. Or use a straw.
What do I do? Please help!
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3 comments:
Sorry Bao, I remember being frustrated with this too. The only advice I have is to just keep trying. Try all kinds of different bottles and nipples, different sippy cups, and maybe she'll find one she likes. It took several tries for us, with some time in between (not trying too often) and eventually they both took to it. But I know every kiddo is different. Hang in there!
I'm not a mother, but maybe something like this that apparently "feels like a real breast" will work http://www.amazon.com/Adiri-Breastbottle-Nurser-Adiri3-3-Stage/dp/B00150NNR6
It seems like an interesting concept. Also that's a cool picture that does not give too much away ;)
Have you tried having Grandma feed her when she knows both you and Chin are gone? I have a sippy cup that I used with Peter that is a plastic cup that has a lid that has a place where they can drink but it doesn't require any suction so you could basically pour it slowly into her mouth. You might have tried that already.
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