https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:24:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1165204 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:45:51 +0000 Bookish 1165204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO fought all bottles but the playtex ventaire wide ones, and I couldn't be anywhere near her for it to work. Also, until she was old enough for the medium flow, it took her aaages to finish a bottle. Once she was in daycare taking multiple bottles a day she got a hang of it and will take any bottle now. It took her until 3 months to happily take one from me! Hang in there and keep trying different things...something will stick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1165133 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:04:01 +0000 singingbee 1165133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Autocorrect: playtex nurser bottles. With the drop-in liners. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1165047 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 04:33:12 +0000 LittleFox 1165047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marionberry: Gotcha. For us, the fighting and crying got better over time. We had to offer gently, brushing the nipple against his cheek and trying to encourage him to latch, or he outright refused it. We also had to take the bottle away from him, to mimic the stop and start of breastfeeding, once he got established. Otherwise he guzzled and had a bellyache. </p> <p>Try not to worry if he doesn't drink much at a time. My LO is 10 months, and can handle 2oz of pumped milk at most in a single sitting. I've always heard breastfed babies need 1oz of milk per hour you're gone once you leave for work, and that's what has worked for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1165025 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:45:48 +0000 marionberry 1165025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LittleFox: We tried once for about 15 mins with him barely drinking anything, then another time where he drank about an ounce in 20 mins, then half an ounce in about 15 mins. It's not that he's slow, but that he physically fights it and cries when you try to give it to him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164888 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:50:51 +0000 singingbee 1164888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is almost two weeks old (tomorrow) and she does well with the plates nursers. DH has given her a bottle of pumped breast milk a couple of times. She does just fine going between breast and bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164884 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:46:35 +0000 LittleFox 1164884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also introduced one at first, got lazy, then reintroduced. DS struggled at first with the reintroduction, but slowly got better and is fine now. We started with avent natural, but he took to lansinoh mOmma better at first. When you say he took forever, how long was it? I ask because DS started off slow, then became a guzzler and we had to go back and slow him down more to mimic the starts and stops kf breastfeeding. These tips were also super helpful: <a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2011/12/29/tips-tricks-when-baby-refuses-the-bottle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2011/12/29/tips-tricks-when-baby-refuses-the-bottle/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164866 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:36:03 +0000 marionberry 1164866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Oh good!<br /> @mrs squirreld: Sounds like I'm going shopping tomorrow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164850 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:21:51 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1164850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marionberry: hopefully it's just a matter of finding the bottle/teat he likes best :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164849 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:20:42 +0000 Boheme 1164849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marionberry: Yes they are! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164845 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:18:11 +0000 marionberry 1164845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Are the avent shaped like the soothie pacifiers? He does well with those. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164840 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:15:19 +0000 marionberry 1164840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: I used the slow flow but I've heard the calma is great. Maybe I'll go pick some up tomorrow and try them out.<br /> @Ree723: Thanks for the link. I'll definitely check it out.<br /> @googly-eyes: Time and bottles, check! Hoping you're right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164839 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:14:47 +0000 Boheme 1164839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO refused both those kinds of bottles but takes Avent Natural bottles like a champ - they mimic the breast's shape. I also have to be out of sight when he gets a bottle :) He will figure it out! You aren't too late! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164833 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:09:01 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1164833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marionberry: which teat did you use with the medela? The slow flow or the calma? The calma is supposed to mimic the breast the best. We use that one to feed E and he guzzles it down like no tomorrow. I hope you find a solution :-) maybe it will just take a few try's? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164831 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:08:32 +0000 googly-eyes 1164831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, you didn't wait too long. I didn't bf but I have worked with bf babies who did and who didn't take bottles. I don't believe 5 weeks is too late...the ones we had trouble with are the ones that were EBF for months and months and then sent to daycare with pumped milk. It just may take some time and some different bottles. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164829 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:01:44 +0000 Ree723 1164829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we started my LO on a bottle around 4.5 weeks or so and she was ok with it. I just made sure to be out of the room so she wouldn't know mummy was around, and also had DH give it to her when she wasn't starving (ie she was feeding every 2.5-3 hours at that point so we gave her a bottle about two hours after her previous one). I think she drank the whole 3 ounces then and it was fine; we used the Playtex drop in bottles.</p> <p>Of course the downside is that we weren't very good about giving her a bottle of pumped milk every day and by five months, she completely refused all bottles and never took one again. Sigh. All that pumped milk to be thrown away :-(</p> <p>I think someone, maybe Mrs Jacks, wrote a good post about how to get a bottle refuser to start drinking from a bottle. I know giving the bottle outside, where they are distracted by all that is around them, was one of the suggestions, but I can't remember if the post was more applicable to a tiny baby being introduced to a bottle or an older baby on a bottle strike. I'll see if I can't find the post I'm talking about....</p> <p>ETA: found it! Yes, it was Mrs Jacks who wrote the post and whilst it is more applicable to a slightly older baby, you may find some of the suggestions useful now. Good luck!</p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2012/04/20/what-to-do-when-your-baby-goes-on-bottle-strike/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2012/04/20/what-to-do-when-your-baby-goes-on-bottle-strike/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164828 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:01:17 +0000 marionberry 1164828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Thanks! I'm hopeful it will get better each day we attempt it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164825 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 21:57:06 +0000 autumnlove 1164825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I introduced a bottle when my baby was a few days old but I got lazy and stopped after the first month. It took her a week and a half to get back on track when she started daycare at 4.5 months!</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-i-wait-too-long#post-1164823 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 21:52:59 +0000 marionberry 1164823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 5.5 weeks old and so far has been EBF. This week per our LC I was supposed to introduce one bottle a day to start to prep him for me going back to work. I had DH attempt it and J really struggled, fighting it all the way. We attempted the medela and then a tommy tipee and he took forever to drink about 1.5 oz and I had to finish him off since he usually drinks about 3 or more.</p> <p>Did I wait too long to introduce a bottle? Did your kids take awhile to accept the bottle? Any suggestions? I can go get a different bottle but otherwise idk what else to do. Help is much appreciated! </p>