Quoth
03-17-2005, 07:07 AM
I don't know whether to post this here or in the breast feeding forum, so I'll X-post.
How do I get this laddie of mine to take a bottle? I go back to work in about 6 weeks and he just screams blue bloody murder when we try. Charlie was no bother, as far as she was concerned milk is milk and she didn't care where it came from. Ironic really given that Ewan is a far bigger eater than she was. I introduced the bottle at 6 weeks with her as advised, because I know that leaving it too long can cause them to prefer the boob and refuse the bottle. I waited longer with Ewan though incase it made his colic worse.
I've tried it warmed and at room temp. Not impressed. DH and my mum both tried, incase he was just going nuts because he knows I have the real thing. I sneakily tried half way through a feed, once the edge was off his hunger, I tried when he was sleepy. No. Hysterical screaming each time. I need to persevere because I'm going back to work, but I don't do CIO generally so this mad screaming is hard to handle. He's never screamed like that, even with the colic. Of course I'm feart he'll begin to relate bottles with the trauma.
He does take a dummy, so it's not as if it's just having something new in his mouth. It's as if he thinks it's a dummy and then gets a fright when he sooks and milk comes out (I'm using newborn teats, but I wonder if he's being "flooded" when he's used to working hard BFing.)
Heeeeeeelp!
How do I get this laddie of mine to take a bottle? I go back to work in about 6 weeks and he just screams blue bloody murder when we try. Charlie was no bother, as far as she was concerned milk is milk and she didn't care where it came from. Ironic really given that Ewan is a far bigger eater than she was. I introduced the bottle at 6 weeks with her as advised, because I know that leaving it too long can cause them to prefer the boob and refuse the bottle. I waited longer with Ewan though incase it made his colic worse.
I've tried it warmed and at room temp. Not impressed. DH and my mum both tried, incase he was just going nuts because he knows I have the real thing. I sneakily tried half way through a feed, once the edge was off his hunger, I tried when he was sleepy. No. Hysterical screaming each time. I need to persevere because I'm going back to work, but I don't do CIO generally so this mad screaming is hard to handle. He's never screamed like that, even with the colic. Of course I'm feart he'll begin to relate bottles with the trauma.
He does take a dummy, so it's not as if it's just having something new in his mouth. It's as if he thinks it's a dummy and then gets a fright when he sooks and milk comes out (I'm using newborn teats, but I wonder if he's being "flooded" when he's used to working hard BFing.)
Heeeeeeelp!