Baby refusing bottle
How do you make your baby take the bottle? My boy has been ebf but I think my milk is not enough anymore. Hes only 8.9kg and 12 months old. He doesnt eat a lot of solid foods and still prefers my milk. Now I want to give him formula milk from the bottle but he hates it.
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My daughter has been breastfeeding for 20 months and she’s NEVER taken to a bottle, always refused and would get so upset about it. She much preferred using a straw cup for her cows milk or my breast milk xx
At 12 months old little one doesn’t need formula anymore. Not sure if you are UK or USA based - but it’s recommended to transition them to cows milk or milk alternative. You should aim for a straw cup not a bottle due to baby now having teeth. You might find your little one is more receptive It is fairly common for EBF BABIES to reject bottles so you’re not alone.
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Well done for breast feeding for so long that’s incredible 🤩 Id avoid introducing a bottle at 12months and maybe offer a straw/cup. He might just be a small baby my nephew was as long as he’s following his centile I wouldn’t worry just try offering lots of full fat diary in his diet, he can have cows milk now. Maybe offer it in a weighted straw cup I used yoghurt on the tip to get my son to suck it when I transitioned him off the bottle at 12months. Going onto a bottle now with a teat wouldn’t be doing you or him any favours in the future. I would continue to breast feed and maybe offer a bit of cows milk in weighted a straw cup if worried about supply xx