Clingy baby

My baby only wants to sleep on my arms and breastfeed. He wont take the bottle with the milk I pumped or formula. I didnt mind at all and I love to do this for him!!! But I have to go back to work very soon. How can I help the situation??

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You kinda just have to keep at it Mama. How old is tour baby?

As a daycare worker, we’ve had many babies that don’t take the bottle well. But they do learn within days or sometimes a few weeks. It helps if you practice it a couple times a day and then they get used to it at daycare, then boom. They will surely catch on. And if they don’t, then you cross that bridge if it comes. But I’m my experience, all babies I had who struggled with the bottle, did surely adjust!

Keep trying! Get someone else to try as well. If he knows you are there and sees the bottles vs your boobs he will want the boobs 100%. How old is he? You can try an open cup with little sips as well.

@Rachel @Vera He is 10 weeks today.

My baby is also 10 weeks! My oldest just turned 2. While she caught on to bottles quickly, I 100% agree with @Vera when it comes to bottled over boob they will choose boob hands down. My son never really let me feed him bottles, but he took them from my husband and my friend that watched him for me (before he started daycare). If you have someone else to try bottles with him, it will help.