| Tips on moving from breast to bottle
My 8 month old baby girl, rejected a bottle from about 8 weeks. i've tried a few times since then, but i didn't have the heart to persevere as she got so upset. However, my mum is coming out from scotland for 2 weeks and together we're going to get her onto the bottle, as i need to get back to work/me time.
Looking for tips from any of you who have actually gone through this (no theory please) and also answers to these points:
1 - do i use forumla in the bottle or expressed milk?
2 - if she won't take the bottle, do i give in and give her breast or do i not feed her as she'll learn that if she cries enough she'll get the breast?
3 - she gets milk at 10.30, 3 and 7pm, i was going to start with the 10.30am feed - is that the right one?
I'm going to try a fast flow teet and/or avent magic spout (with the anti spill removed) on avent bottles. I want to get her used to a bottle and not a cup as i can't imagine giving her bedtime feed from a cup. I've tried in the past NUK bottles, silicon and latex teets, but someone advised me to stick with one type and go for it, so i have avent with me.
Wish me luck!!!  |