https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 03:42:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selective-bottle-refusal#post-795236 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:03:55 +0000 ladyfingers 795236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO refuses bottles from DH, even when I'm not home. He'll take them from me and he takes them at daycare all day long, but it takes DH upwards of 30 minutes sometimes to get him to take a bottle. It's ridiculous and baffling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selective-bottle-refusal#post-794477 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:13:29 +0000 autumnlove 794477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, she doesn't like taking bottles from me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selective-bottle-refusal#post-794378 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:08:58 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 794378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I EP for our last 3-4weeks and he wouldn't take the bottle from me 3/4of the time. DH or grandma were ok but not mama. Eventually, because I cut off breast entirely, he got over it. But, I think if I were breastfeeding and bottle feeding interchangeably, he would refuse it still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selective-bottle-refusal#post-794347 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:41:37 +0000 Weagle 794347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went through a phase where she wouldn't take a bottle if I were anywhere in the vicinity. It was just a phase though :). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selective-bottle-refusal#post-793601 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:13:41 +0000 Smurfette 793601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually hide in our room with the door shut so R will take a bottle from DH. She hasn't the last three night cause she is sick so she just wants the boob. I have heard babies can smell Mom 20 feet away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selective-bottle-refusal#post-793575 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:08:19 +0000 cheert16 793575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I am going to give B a pumped bottle, I have someone else feed him- he gets posses if he can see or smell me because he wants it straight from me. He does pretty good with DH has to feed him while I am at work for a couple hours twice a week. But B will only drink from 1 type of bottle now, where as before he would drink from any of the bottles we have! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selective-bottle-refusal#post-793568 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:55 +0000 shopaholic 793568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since our bout with Thrush over a month ago, I had stopped pumping and DH stopped giving bottles. She started by refusing the medicine mixed bottles. Then I had no reason to give bottles. But I recently have been pumping again and needed to leave some milk with my ILs while I had some appointments to go to. I was a little surprised because they went through 2 bottles!<br /> I've long suspected she refuses bottles from ME because I was really careful about not giving her bottles early on (so she wouldn't refuse the breast! haha)<br /> Today we had to go to a party that was far away so I pumped a bottle and figured DH could give it to her. But she also refused the bottle from him. But I was across the table from them, so maybe she knew she could get milk from mama and selectively refuses the bottle when I'm around? I know she can and will drink milk from the bottle if necessary, so is she totally being a smart cookie and refusing when she can?<br /> Anyone experience this "selective" refusal? </p>