Bekki - posted on 01/21/2009 ( 3 moms have responded )
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Im trying to get my 6 month old son to take milk out of a bottle so I can cut back on breastfeeding a bit more. He has solids for lunch and dinner, and will have a sip of water out of one of his training cups but wont let a bottle enter his mouth.
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Penny - posted on 01/23/2009
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What bottles are you using? We used the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature ones with a variflow teat as they are the closest to a breast and she took to them fine when I could no longer breastfeed.
Shana - posted on 01/21/2009
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Try some different bottles. One of my children switched from breast to a Playtex nurser with the drop in bag. This baby has a prefrence for just a regular old gerber bottle. I find the nipples are usually the issue. I always use the slowest flow, because a breast fed baby is use to being in control of the flow. With most bottles its to much at once. The gerber or nuk nipples with the 3 holes instead of one, are the ones that 3 of my four kids used. I had the one that would only drink from the playtex. You have to try out different ones, and if all else fails I let mine drink from a cup. Its messy, but it works when nothing else will. By the way, have you given him anything other than breast milk from the bottle? formula might be worth the try.
Jaclyn - posted on 01/21/2009
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i have the same problem. My LB is 6 months old and used to take the bottle every now and then but lately is not intrested
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