https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:08:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2408491 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 11:20:49 +0000 snowjewelz 2408491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went through this too right around the time I had to go back to work! For us, I knew it wasn't really the bottle; she was just stubborn with the change. We literally just kept trying ALL the tips and tricks... It def took a while but eventually she took it. It was hard breaking when she wasn't eating as much as she needs, but hang in there! I took solace in that at least she could make it up nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407911 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:08:10 +0000 regberadaisy 2407911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: just wanted to share that DD2 refused bottles from DH and I. And even FIL when I wasn't even home. I was seriously worried she would reverse nurse those first few weeks at daycare.</p> <p>I called during lunch and the little stinker took all her morning bottles no problems and even napped like a champ. Little stinker.</p> <p>Hope your first day goes well!! :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407828 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 16:46:01 +0000 tiramisu 2407828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: Yay!!! I'm so glad to hear this and I hope it continues! Granted we still had some days where DD didn't love the bottle, but the mOmma worked far and away the best for my non bottle loving baby. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407824 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 16:36:39 +0000 Pumuckl 2407824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: yay! So glad something is working. I had to really practice with my DD too. Two or three days of hell and even then she only took MAM bottles. After that I kept giving her one bottle a day so she wouldn't refuse again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407810 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 16:08:06 +0000 alphagam84 2407810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried the Mam bottles? It's the only ones our daughter will use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407765 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 15:19:55 +0000 Mae 2407765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also went through this, the things that helped for us were making sure the bottle was pretty warm (like between 100-105 degrees) and feeding her when she was sleepy. </p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407713 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:05:10 +0000 Legowife 2407713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hugs! I went through this with my dd too. I will never know exactly what worked but here are the things we did. Fed her in her bouncy chair rather than on a lap. I also got advice to stop trying so many different nipples and just be consistent with one so I went back to using the normal medela nipples and that's what she still uses. She also got ill and I was worried about her dehydrating so I put some water in the bottle and the next day she started drinking from the bottle. If I have another baby I would try water some of the time, if only to save the amount of wasted breastmilk trying to convince her to take a bottle! Good luck! It was super stressful at the time and felt like forever but she adapted and in the meantime daycare used cups or nipples I gave them with the top cut off to kind of 'pour' the milk into her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407640 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 12:01:02 +0000 Pirouette 2407640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: omg!! This makes me so happy! Good luck tomorrow :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407606 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:37:09 +0000 FaithFertility 2407606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: Amazing! I pray it continues!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407605 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:35:01 +0000 hellobeeboston 2407605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: @tiramisu: @Pirouette: ok, I'm hopefully not jinxing anything but I bought the mOmma bottle yesterday and he ate 3 ENTIRE OUNCES today!!!!!!!</p> <p>Not sure if it's the bottle or all the practice but YAY!! My DH and I both had tears :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407106 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 09:00:38 +0000 hellobeeboston 2407106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: thanks! I'm going to try the Momma first and if we have no luck there I'll do the Mam. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2407060 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 07:21:35 +0000 MrsADS 2407060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure if it will help since you've tried everything else, but my 4 month old EBF baby only will take MAM bottles and pacis. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406954 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:21:38 +0000 Raspberry 2406954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry you are dealing with this. I had a sudden and sharp decline in supply at one point and remember the anxiety of DS not taking a bottle to supplement.</p> <p>Not sure if this helps, but I basically had to trick him to take the bottle. We made sure to have a bottle ready to go next to me as I was breastfeeding. Then, as soon as he unlatched, we placed the bottle's nipple in his mouth. Sometimes he'd spit it out but sometimes he wouldn't. It seemed to help as eventually he would take several ounces from the bottle. Since undersupply isn't your issue maybe you'd have to try with the bottle right after the first breast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406946 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:05:16 +0000 Mama Bird 2406946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope everything works out quickly! I have a bottle refuser too and have heard lots of people say that they'll learn to take a bottle once they get hungry enough, especially if you're not around. If nothing works, can they try spoon or cup feeding? I was spoon fed as a baby from three months on, though I'm told it was kind of slow. Both of my kids worked out how to drink from a very small cup (a doll cup) very early, especially DD, who still wants nothing to do with bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406940 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:56:28 +0000 hellobeeboston 2406940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jess1483: never gave him frozen, always freshly pumped or only refrigerated for a day or two! Thanks though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406932 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:42:57 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2406932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: yes, I think it was the Kiinde nipples that she preferred, for some reason. I don't really know if they do individual pieces (bottles) or not to easily try them out, though. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406903 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:57:26 +0000 Jess1483 2406903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: have you tasted the milk? I have high lipase, so my milk tastes totally gross after 5 hours, even frozen. Taste some from the freezer (not fresh) and check it out. If it tastes bad, PM me. There is a relatively easy solution. Otherwise, keep at it! Hugs, Mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406880 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:14:21 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2406880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went thru this with dd1. Absolutely refused the bottle until I went back to work and was gone for 10 hours. She only drank 2 oz that whole day and it gradually got better but she still vastly preferred the boob to the bottle. I also vote for the lansinoh momma bottle. That was the least offensive to her, it definitely has a different shape than most bottles. We tried so so hard to get her to take a bottle leading up to my return to work and she would scream her face off. But it worked out eventually! Sure is stressful though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406876 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:07:26 +0000 Pirouette 2406876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tiramisu: I know, us too! I went through so many others first, and that was the only one she liked. My lo did eventually stop taking bottles again a few months later because of silent reflux, but by that time she was old enough for a straw cup. For like 4 months after I went back though, that mOmma bottle was amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406869 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:02:24 +0000 Ms maths 2406869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We worked on bottles for 3 months with LO2, with no luck, before she started daycare. Once daycare started, it took about three weeks (only a few hours a day to start, building up to 7 hours; and only 3 days a week) before she started taking a bottle. Now, several months later, she does fine, although she never drinks as much there as when she spends the day with my husband.</p> <p>During the first three weeks, the daycare providers were always willing to try alternatives--syringe, spoon, milk popsicles--so that she wouldn't be too unhappy. There was one day where they called to see if I would be willing to come in to nurse her, because she was really hungry and unhappy enough that they were having trouble trying any alternate methods. (I was nearby that day, so I did go in.)</p> <p>It was stressful, but not as stressful as I was expecting. Having daycare providers who I trusted also made it much easier for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406854 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:53:51 +0000 hellobeeboston 2406854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: thanks! Yeah, bouncy seat yields the least amount of screaming. And def doing barely an ounce per bottle! </p> <p>He sucks fine on human parts, but when it comes to plastic nipples/paci's it's like he totally forgets. His tongue goes out and he makes a disgusted face. Slip a finger in and he's good. It's weird. I just saw this finger feeder thing that I'm considering ordering for DH, but it's not a good long term solution. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406853 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:52:50 +0000 FaithFertility 2406853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: My DD stopped taking all bottles at about 3 months, but I wasn't going back to work until she was much older so I didn't stress it too much! Try all said above, but he will figure it out!<br /> Prayers for an easy transition!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406844 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:42:53 +0000 Foodnerd81 2406844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO went through a bottle strike for a while and what finally helped was putting her in a seat (car seat or bouncy seat) to feed her- you couldn't be holding her or she would get pissed. </p> <p>My other advice is only put like an ounce of milk in the bottle while you are working on it so if he refuses, you only waste an ounce, not a whole bottle. </p> <p>I've heard it usually isn't the bottle that's the real problem, but that momma one has enough recommendations that could be worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406841 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:39:35 +0000 yellowbird 2406841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I started this exact thread when I was going back to work in June. His first day back he went 5 hours refusing a bottle but eventually took 8 oz in the 8 hours I was gone. The second day he took about 9 oz, and from then on he would actually take a bottle. It was hard leaving him not knowing if he would eat, but it all worked out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406831 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:29:02 +0000 MrsSRS 2406831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: AND she had my 2.5yo DS. Just so DH and I could get away for fun. My house was cleaner when I got home than when I left. Supermom.<br /> I just googled the lansinoh bottle and I see the appeal. It's not as long as most nipples and binkies. I bet DD would have liked it. Less gagging! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406829 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:28:39 +0000 tiramisu 2406829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: good luck! I think Target or Babies R us carries it and it's not too expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406826 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:25:25 +0000 hellobeeboston 2406826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSRS: your mom is a saint! My husband is staying home with LO Monday &amp; Tuesday and I'm equally worried about the stress he's going to endure with a screaming hungry baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406824 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:24:41 +0000 tiramisu 2406824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: yess the Lansinoh Momma was a lifesaver! Everyone was like I've never heard of that bottle before. But it was the only one that worked for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406823 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:24:10 +0000 hellobeeboston 2406823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tiramisu: ok another vote for the Momma, I may go buy it tomorrow. </p> <p>@tiramisu: @MrsSRS: @GoGoSnoGirl: @Corduroy: @Pirouette: you guys are really making me feel better, thank you! I was googling and it was glum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/3-month-old-absolutely-refusing-bottles#post-2406822 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:21:24 +0000 tiramisu 2406822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD went through this too but eventually ended up taking her bottle at daycare. The first day or two she screamed at the bottle, but after that was fine. The one that worked best for us was the Lansinoh Momma. I had tried a ton of other bottles, including Como tomo, avent, adiri, etc. It was so stressful in the weeks leading up to daycare, but it all worked out and she didn't starve. </p>