Bottle feeding rejection

Question

Hey mummies.. My girl is 12 weeks old currently DL. Im going back to work next month. I have been trying to introduce bottle feeding during the day however she has been rejecting it. Ive tried hegen, pigeon, comotomo, Dr brown bottles still no success. Well, she does accept it once or twice. However, she has been forcefully rejecting it for the last 2 weeks. She used to accept bottle after birth till 4 weeks old when I decided to DL her for my convenience as Im mainly the sole caregiver as my husband is working. Im not sure if shes gg through a growth spurt at the moment. She has been drooling a lot, sucking her fingers. Not sure if teething. Baby will be taken care of by my mum in laws, and even when my mum in law tried to feed her, she still reject the bottles. Ive changed the teats to a faster flow. Im pretty stressed up coz my Inlaws keep asking me why baby dont want take bottle?. 😭Ive been trying, its not that Im not trying... But I can only smile in front of her. 😔Any mummies experience this before? I just hope that shell eventually accept bottle once I go back to work.. If not shell be losing weight or worse dehydration. #pleasehelp #FTM

Joesefyn Chua · Answer

Hi mommy, I got the same issue as you when my LO was 2mo. I try to trick her by switching to bottle halfway. Eventually as she grow, she knows the diff. So we have been trying different bottle from Pigeon to Avents and currently we using Spectra caused LO prefer spectra milk bottles. But do take note of her drinking progress as the size guide is just a guide. Some babies might prefer slower flow else they will keep coughing when drinking. Also, try to give her fresh breast milk in bottle first before using the frozen one. Once she get used to bottle then slowly introduce frozen (not 100%) caused my LO don’t like the 100% frozen breast milk so can start by mixing half half first depending on your LO’s preference.