given fiona is such a good eater, it never occurred to us that she would not take the bottle with ease. at about week 6, we gave her a bottle and with some coaxing, she took it. however, now at 2 months old, she totally refuses it. i'm talking crying, squirming, sweating, and screaming if we persist for too long. we thought it might be the milk because we have a lot of frozen milk and with olivia, my milk spoiled as soon as it was frozen. today, i pumped a bit and she still refused it. by today's end, she let the bottle go into her mouth, but rather than suck, she just bit it and within a few minutes, would start to get upset. so frustrating!
looks like we are going to start hitting the interwebs to see what we can find out about coaxing a stubborn, breastfed girl to take the bottle so that mama bear can go out for longer than 2 1/2 hours.
our new plan:
try different bottles/nipples - apparently playtex has a nipple that works with even the most stubborn of babies
have mom be out of the house
have mom feed her with the bottle
face her away from us in the glider rocker while trying to feed her with the bottle
try daily to have her take the bottle...apparently we should not try for longer than 10 minutes
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