Getting baby to take a bottle - any ideas?

TotallyBroke

If it is any consolation my lo fed every 4 hours, 6am 10am 2pm 6pm and 10pm. He was at the childminder from 7am -4.30pm once he was on 3 meals a day he chose to give up his 10am milk feed and a few months later he gave up his 2pm feed and morning feed. But he still wanted his 10pm feed. He did that until the night after his 1st birthday then I stopped it. We went onto cows milk then.
He doesn't need the food element of the breast milk now he is eating 3 meals a day he just needs the fluid intake so just give water during the day and breast feed morning and night, if he wants to. Give yogurts and dairy for the calcium etc until 12months when he can drink full fat milk.

Pisces

TotallyBroke wrote: »

If it is any consolation my lo fed every 4 hours, 6am 10am 2pm 6pm and 10pm. He was at the childminder from 7am -4.30pm once he was on 3 meals a day he chose to give up his 10am milk feed and a few months later he gave up his 2pm feed and morning feed. But he still wanted his 10pm feed. He did that until the night after his 1st birthday then I stopped it. QUOTE]

This is exactly what he is doing. He has all but dropped the 10am feed now, and has brought the 2pm feed forward by an hour or so. I'm not loving the idea of doing a 10pm feed for another six months, but if it has to be so then I can at least do it while working full time. Good to hear I'm not alone!

Crispy_Ambulance

Doidy cups are great! I'm glad your little one likes it. Babies aren't stupid and they won't starve themselves - he'll take the milk eventually.

TotallyBroke

Pisces wrote: »

TotallyBroke wrote: »

If it is any consolation my lo fed every 4 hours, 6am 10am 2pm 6pm and 10pm. He was at the childminder from 7am -4.30pm once he was on 3 meals a day he chose to give up his 10am milk feed and a few months later he gave up his 2pm feed and morning feed. But he still wanted his 10pm feed. He did that until the night after his 1st birthday then I stopped it.

This is exactly what he is doing. He has all but dropped the 10am feed now, and has brought the 2pm feed forward by an hour or so. I'm not loving the idea of doing a 10pm feed for another six months, but if it has to be so then I can at least do it while working full time. Good to hear I'm not alone!

That is his comfort before going to sleep, 8,10 or even 12 hours is a long time for a baby so knowing that Mum is there before going to sleep and being close and nursing him will relax him. Seeing you are still there when he wakes is more comfort. I found that by doing this routine of being there when my lo fell to sleep and being in the room when he woke made it easier for both of us when he spent most of the day with the childminder.
Gosh you will never be alone, women have had these same problems or similar for the past 2009 years and I'm sure they will still have them in another 2009 lol

freejunkie

I edited my post as it was not sound advice.

Thank goodness it Worked for me but I will not suggest it again xx

mumofjusttwo

sorry but I don't think that under one year olds are meant to have honey but this may have changed.

TotallyBroke

mumofjusttwo wrote: »

sorry but I don't think that under one year olds are meant to have honey but this may have changed.

You are correct. They are not. Because of the risk of them catching botulism.
Botulinum spores are widely found throughout nature, although honey tends to harbor them more than other foods. Babies do not have a completely matured digestive system and are susceptible to botulism food poisoning. While honey does not always contain the spores, it is more likely to contain botulinum than some other food products.
So although it is not very common the affects if your child became ill would be horrible for the child. So we are advised as a precaution.

Pisces

Just to say as well, I tried one of those beakers with an inbuilt straw today (the packet said 12 months +), and that worked a treat as well. It seems our six month old is going on six years!

dondo

Glad to have found this post as me and my wife are really struggling with our 8 month old son. My wife is due back at work soon and he just won't take a bottle of milk at all. We have tried him with a sippy cup too but to no avail. So am off to mothercare this afternoon to get some more bottles to see if we can find one that he likes (could be an expensive process)

We have also tried someone else feeding him (not even me, my sister in law) but with same result- him screaming and pushing the bottle away

So any further advice over and above what already posted greatly appreciated!

Jo_R_2

Agreed about doidy cups - they're dead good!

DD1 hated having bottles (DD2 was pretty much the same) so they'd both often go all day with either very little milk or none at all if I left expressed milk in a bottle.

What they were okay with however was drinks of water out of a doidy cup or sippy cup and then they'd tank up on mummy milk when we got home!