refusing bottles of EBM

My 7 week old son has refused bottles of EBM from DH the past 5 or so times
he has tried to feed him. This would not bother me so much if I did not
have to return to work when he will be 4.5 to 5 months old. I know I'm
ahead of schedule for worrying about this issue but he is going to have to
take the bottle then. He did take a bottle when he was 1-3 days old as we
were told he needed supplementation because he was so big--we didn't know
any better until a LC spoke with us on day 3. He did not suffer any nipple
confusion from this and obviously prefers the breast now. I have a very
fast letdown--should we use the fast flow nipples? What can we do to get
him to drink from the bottle? Any suggestions?

Robin

I'm in the same position as you (regarding DD not taking a bottle). Although
I'm not returning to work, I'd really like her to take a bottle so I can
leave her for more than two hours on occasion. We're giving her an ounce of
milke every day in the bottle. Most of it gets thrown out, but we've made
progress.

She's gone from crying at the sight of the bottle to allowing it into her
mouth. One of these days, we're hoping she progresses to sucking. We gave
her the first bottle at four weeks (she took it but hasn't taken one since)
and she's three months old today.

Good luck!

--
Melissa (in Los Angeles)
Mum to Elizabeth 4/13/03

"jake's mom" wrote in message
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My 7 week old son has refused bottles of EBM from DH the past 5 or so
times
he has tried to feed him. This would not bother me so much if I did not
have to return to work when he will be 4.5 to 5 months old. I know I'm
ahead of schedule for worrying about this issue but he is going to have to
take the bottle then. He did take a bottle when he was 1-3 days old as we
were told he needed supplementation because he was so big--we didn't know
any better until a LC spoke with us on day 3. He did not suffer any
nipple
confusion from this and obviously prefers the breast now. I have a very
fast letdown--should we use the fast flow nipples? What can we do to get
him to drink from the bottle? Any suggestions?

Robin

jake's mom writes:
: My 7 week old son has refused bottles of EBM from DH the past 5 or so times
: he has tried to feed him. This would not bother me so much if I did not
: have to return to work when he will be 4.5 to 5 months old. I know I'm
: ahead of schedule for worrying about this issue but he is going to have to
: take the bottle then. He did take a bottle when he was 1-3 days old as we
: were told he needed supplementation because he was so big--we didn't know
: any better until a LC spoke with us on day 3. He did not suffer any nipple
: confusion from this and obviously prefers the breast now. I have a very
: fast letdown--should we use the fast flow nipples? What can we do to get
: him to drink from the bottle? Any suggestions?

: Robin

Get out of the house for a couple of hours and have DH offer the bottles.

Good luck,
Larry