Baby won't accept breast milk bottle after attempting formula - help!

Cathy Kearns wrote:
I had the same problem after having to return to work after my middle son
was born. I never was able to pump any amount greater than a couple of
ounces, despite trying 3 different types of pumps, and he would adamantly
refuse breast milk from a bottle after I'd saved enough to actually fill a
bottle . What worked for us was to have someone else feed the baby, in
about a week he had adjusted.


"Elana Kehoe" wrote in message
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Rebecca wrote:

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do? Are there
any magic tricks I can try apart from just persevering with the breast
milk bottle (or getting hubby to try it).

Why would you give him formula (I just don't get it after your "precious
milk" line)?

I'm not the original poster, but when I was breastfeeding, despite
feeding on demand, and then pumping afterward in an attempt
to get supply up I had to resort to supplimenting with formula.
Perhaps that is what she meant by "precious milk", certainly
every drop was precious to me.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Our 9 week old baby boy had no problems with accepting a breast milk
bottle but we tried to give him formula at the weekend which he hated
and refused to accept. I just assumed we would have to persevere,
however, today when I left him with a friend whilst I went shopping
she found that he refused to take his expressed milk bottle (what a
waste of my precious milk!). He just screamed at her, and at me when I
attempted it on my return (to check whether it was a personal thing!).
I guess he associated the bottle with his recent experience of odd
tasting formula.

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do? Are there
any magic tricks I can try apart from just persevering with the breast
milk bottle (or getting hubby to try it).

....and to think I was looking forward to 2 nights out for the first
time this week...serves me right!

Thanks
Rebecca

Rebecca wrote:

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do? Are there
any magic tricks I can try apart from just persevering with the breast
milk bottle (or getting hubby to try it).

Why would you give him formula (I just don't get it after your "precious
milk" line)?

Try from a small cup.
--
It's Tis Herself

On 15 Dec 2003 09:21:12 -0800, (Rebecca) wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas?

Our 9 week old baby boy had no problems with accepting a breast milk
bottle but we tried to give him formula at the weekend which he hated
and refused to accept. I just assumed we would have to persevere,
however, today when I left him with a friend whilst I went shopping
she found that he refused to take his expressed milk bottle (what a
waste of my precious milk!). He just screamed at her, and at me when I
attempted it on my return (to check whether it was a personal thing!).
I guess he associated the bottle with his recent experience of odd
tasting formula.

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do? Are there
any magic tricks I can try apart from just persevering with the breast
milk bottle (or getting hubby to try it).

...and to think I was looking forward to 2 nights out for the first
time this week...serves me right!


I would be curious, assuming that he was taking breast milik in a
bottle, as to why you would even move onto formula. Rarely are the
two interchangable, its usually one and then move onto the other, but
it would seem to this old body that nine weeks was a tad early?

Barb
Thanks
Rebecca

"Elana Kehoe" wrote in message
...
Rebecca wrote:

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do? Are there
any magic tricks I can try apart from just persevering with the breast
milk bottle (or getting hubby to try it).

Why would you give him formula (I just don't get it after your "precious
milk" line)?

I'm not the original poster, but when I was breastfeeding, despite
feeding on demand, and then pumping afterward in an attempt
to get supply up I had to resort to supplimenting with formula.
Perhaps that is what she meant by "precious milk", certainly
every drop was precious to me.

Cathy Kearns wrote:

"Elana Kehoe" wrote in message
...
Rebecca wrote:

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do? Are there
any magic tricks I can try apart from just persevering with the breast
milk bottle (or getting hubby to try it).

Why would you give him formula (I just don't get it after your "precious
milk" line)?

I'm not the original poster, but when I was breastfeeding, despite
feeding on demand, and then pumping afterward in an attempt
to get supply up I had to resort to supplimenting with formula.
Perhaps that is what she meant by "precious milk", certainly
every drop was precious to me.

Ah! That would make sense. Thanks for the clarification.
--
It's Tis Herself

"Rebecca" wrote in message
om...
Does anyone have any ideas?

Our 9 week old baby boy had no problems with accepting a breast milk
bottle but we tried to give him formula at the weekend which he hated
and refused to accept. I just assumed we would have to persevere,
however, today when I left him with a friend whilst I went shopping
she found that he refused to take his expressed milk bottle (what a
waste of my precious milk!). He just screamed at her, and at me when I
attempted it on my return (to check whether it was a personal thing!).
I guess he associated the bottle with his recent experience of odd
tasting formula.

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do? Are there
any magic tricks I can try apart from just persevering with the breast
milk bottle (or getting hubby to try it).

...and to think I was looking forward to 2 nights out for the first
time this week...serves me right!



oh bugger! That sounds just so frustrating, and new moms do not need
anything else frustrating. There could be so many reasons your wonderful DS
is refusing, it is hard to tell from here. I can give you anecdotal stories
related to my DS: he ultimately refused all formula offered but was bf'd
[with ebm during weekdays while I was at work] until he self weaned at 11
months. Getting the ebm was interesting as I could only pump enough if he
was nursing at the same time. Fun. Anyway, I've also read that some
children will accept the differences, but you should get them accustomed
with you around to nurse [but far away on the other side of the house so
baby can't detect your presence] if the attempt to feed formula doesn't
work. My suggestion, though, is probably not what you would have expected:
contact a lactation consultant. The LC may well be able to either help you
with production for ebm, or help you transition your DS to formula for
periods when you are out. Do be aware, though, that the less you nurse the
less your body things you need to produce, and your supply could decrease,
at least for a time, if you use formula for a time.

Good luck. My thoughts are with you. I sure do remember wanting to get
that night out, too!

-Aula
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Rebecca wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas?

Our 9 week old baby boy had no problems with accepting a breast milk
bottle but we tried to give him formula at the weekend which he hated
and refused to accept. I just assumed we would have to persevere,
however, today when I left him with a friend whilst I went shopping
she found that he refused to take his expressed milk bottle (what a
waste of my precious milk!). He just screamed at her, and at me when I
attempted it on my return (to check whether it was a personal thing!).
I guess he associated the bottle with his recent experience of odd
tasting formula.

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do?
[]
Thanks
Rebecca
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Yes, you ****ing idiot! Breastfeed!!
Steve

Obviously an intellectual...

Thanks everyone else, guess I just have to persevere.
...and your right - its an expressing issue.

Cheers
Rebecca

"R. Steve Walz" wrote in message ...
Rebecca wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas?

Our 9 week old baby boy had no problems with accepting a breast milk
bottle but we tried to give him formula at the weekend which he hated
and refused to accept. I just assumed we would have to persevere,
however, today when I left him with a friend whilst I went shopping
she found that he refused to take his expressed milk bottle (what a
waste of my precious milk!). He just screamed at her, and at me when I
attempted it on my return (to check whether it was a personal thing!).
I guess he associated the bottle with his recent experience of odd
tasting formula.

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do?
[]
Thanks
Rebecca
--------------
Yes, you ****ing idiot! Breastfeed!!
Steve

Rebecca wrote:

Obviously an intellectual...
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Nope, a decent parent.


Thanks everyone else, guess I just have to persevere.
..and your right - its an expressing issue.

Cheers
Rebecca
----------------------------
Nope, it's an issue of decency to a child.
Steve


"R. Steve Walz" wrote in message ...
Rebecca wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas?

Our 9 week old baby boy had no problems with accepting a breast milk
bottle but we tried to give him formula at the weekend which he hated
and refused to accept. I just assumed we would have to persevere,
however, today when I left him with a friend whilst I went shopping
she found that he refused to take his expressed milk bottle (what a
waste of my precious milk!). He just screamed at her, and at me when I
attempted it on my return (to check whether it was a personal thing!).
I guess he associated the bottle with his recent experience of odd
tasting formula.

Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what can I do?
[]
Thanks
Rebecca
--------------
Yes, you ****ing idiot! Breastfeed!!
Steve