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12 Mar 2024

Refusing to bottle-feed during weaning

It's not always easy to get your baby to accept a bottle during weaning! For the moment, he's only known breastfeeding and this change may worry him:

  • A bottle and its nipple do not have the same softness and warmth as a mother's breast.
  • The more you insist, the more pressure your child will feel and the more he will refuse to feed by sucking on the bottle.
  • You can try changing the shape and material of the nipple, as some babies will accept silicone nipples but refuse rubber, or vice versa.
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Christina
5 Feb 2024

My baby will be 2 months soon and I’ve been mainly breastfeeding, he would take the bottle at first but now refuses to take the bottle idk what else to do, anyone having the same problem?

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I’m having the opposite problem, she won’t latch to my boob but will take a bottle.
5 Feb 2024

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Kendra
11 Jul 2023

What is everyone's favorite bottle to go between breast and bottle? Has anyone tried lansinoh bottles? Also looking for any tips on breastfeeding. I tried with my last baby but it didn't work very well. She had trouble latching and I had a lot of trouble producing milk.

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Kendra
Thank you! Let me know when you start your videos and send me the link please!!
11 Jul 2023

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Ashia
All 3 of my breastfed kids would only take the MAM bottles starting out. My sister had problems getting her baby to take a bottle and I told her to give it a try and it's all her baby would take as well. 4/4 success rate lol. Over all they are easy to clean...very durable..and they self sanitize in the microwave. I have not tried the silicone ones tho so I have no input there. I did try other in that brand. As far as producing milk. Body armour and oatmeal. I tried pills/supplements....only thing that actually worked and it's affordable.
11 Jul 2023

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Katelynn
18 May 2023

so since we’re at 12 months now i’m wondering about the switch to whole milk, weaning off the bottle, potty training? anything else i’m missing? feel like i’m in the dark lmaooo

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key
15 Feb 2023

Help please! My 7 weeks old won’t take bottle! I am breastfeeding and was giving him a bottle here and there and suddenly he stopped taking bottle. I tried switching bottles and that is not helping. I am panicking. Please advise!

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key
Are you in the same boat?
15 Feb 2023

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LadyG
Do you have Tommee Tippee bottles? Try placing the bottles in from the side of his mouth or putting a pacifier in then switch to the bottle to get him to suck. That worked for my son.
15 Feb 2023

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Kendall
13 Dec 2022

not pregnancy related but mom related. I'm 14 weeks pregnant and I'm trying to wean my almost 12 month old from breastfeeding. because its going to be very hard for me to have a toddler breastfeeding as well as a newborn all after having a c section. it breaks my heart that I'm weaning her, but I know it needs to be done. any tips or methods that anyone can give me? im mixed feelings about doing so. but I know I have to do it. she takes a bottle but not at bedtime. #

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Rachel
Pump and bottle feed close to you
13 Dec 2022

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Samantha
9 Nov 2022

Hey moms!! How did you transition your child from exclusively breastfeeding to using a bottle (w/breast milk). My son will be attending daycare soon (bc I have to go back to work 😩) and He will not drink from a bottle. Any suggestions?

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Junie
I supplemented once I went back to work. I’ll send her with formula but when we’re home she’s getting breast milk from me or any milk I have saved in a bottle from pumping at work
9 Nov 2022

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Junie
It’s sooo much easier
9 Nov 2022

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Diamond
30 Sep 2022

Has your baby ever refused to take the boob but will take a bottle quick? We are 4 months breastfeeding (bottles when she is with gma) & she will take the boob good at night & a little in the morning but after that it seems like she wants a bottle😭

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Gabriell
12 Aug 2022

What are some good bottles for breastfeeding mothers so I can switch from breast to bottle when I need a break

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Ajah
They say Tommie tippee is good for breastfeeding mothers . That’s what imma try cus imma do both
12 Aug 2022

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Gabriell
I got one of those bottles I have a lot of agent and I also have nuk bottles as well I don’t want to confuse my baby 😂 I want to do both
12 Aug 2022

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Karrie
8 Jun 2022

My daughter turned 1 last month, need advice on weaning off the bottle, how many bottles of whole milk a day? She's used to getting a bottle first thing in the morning when she wakes up and before bed, any advice or tips would be helpful

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tanyetta
Just put her milk in a sippy cup. I just took the bottle from mine about 10 months. It was pretty easy
8 Jun 2022

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Blocked user
None. The cow's milk isn't even necessary after the weaning years, like we are told in the mainstream today. Calcium and vitamin D should be given to her through a balanced whole food diet. The mass produced, factory-farmed cow's milk found on store shelves today isn't even healthy, and is void of any real nutrition. The homogenization process kills anything good that was every in it, then they add synthetic vitamins to make it worth something. Water is fine. No need for milk. I wouldn't even stress it. As long as baby girl is eating, don't worry about the milk. It can also cause milk rot teeth giving them cow's milk in their bottle when they go to sleep, or just having it all day long. There's really no benefits to cow's milk, especially when it isn't local farm, raw cow's milk, that hasn't been processed. I don't give my 13 month old any bottles to go to bed. She just nurses occasionally, and she sleeps all night, because she eats meals.
8 Jun 2022

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Reba
22 Jan 2022

Ladies recommendations for the best bottles to use for both breastfeeding and bottle feeding I used Nuk with my first son but I didn't breastfeed??????

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Marissa
Nuk & Philips Avent bottles. My daughter was breastfed for awhile and loved these bottles.
22 Jan 2022

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Heather
I liked Tommee Tippee bottles. The center piece doesn't only help prevent colic but also features a strip that turns pink if the milk is too warm for the baby. Plus the nipples are shaped to be closer to natural ❤️
22 Jan 2022

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