My 5 months baby suddenly rejected bottle
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Adahc,
My adiri bottles arrived today did not work. I did however go out for the day alone without my baby and my husband took care of her while I was away she cried . I think being out helped as I know I would give in to her crying.. it took one hour for him to feed her 30ml.. she then napped when she woke up she was cried for about one hour and just took the bottle.. Anyway this evening I gave her EBM and my husband was able to give her a full feed. I just kept to my avent bottles but with a faster flow.
So my suggestion is for you to go out for a full day.. and leave your little one with you husband.. its hard and I was feeling guilty about it all day.. but once she took the bottle again.. i feel alot better from now on I wil mix her feeds.
My adiri bottles arrived today did not work. I did however go out for the day alone without my baby and my husband took care of her while I was away she cried . I think being out helped as I know I would give in to her crying.. it took one hour for him to feed her 30ml.. she then napped when she woke up she was cried for about one hour and just took the bottle.. Anyway this evening I gave her EBM and my husband was able to give her a full feed. I just kept to my avent bottles but with a faster flow.
So my suggestion is for you to go out for a full day.. and leave your little one with you husband.. its hard and I was feeling guilty about it all day.. but once she took the bottle again.. i feel alot better from now on I wil mix her feeds.
My LO went thru exactly the same phase of rejection of the bottle and someone suggested I try a different teat... My house looked like an Avent factory, but I then tried NUK Premium which she didn't like and then original NUK teats. She took this third option straight away and so then I had to buy all new NUK bottles and teats and ditch the Avent stuff! Hope this helps? Good luck xxx
carang
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remeber that if your baby is premature (my second one was about 4 weeks early too) you need to deduct the prematurity when assessing milestones.
so, if your baby is 5 months, then really, ihe's only 4 months. there aren't many 4 month old babies that can sit unassisted! your baby is just fine!
so, if your baby is 5 months, then really, ihe's only 4 months. there aren't many 4 month old babies that can sit unassisted! your baby is just fine!
fennho
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hi sarah
my baby too has taken to feeding only 5-10mins per nursing session! Now, often, she will latches on for only 10mins max and then pull off and if i attempt to latch her again, she will pull off and cry! Last time she used to be feeding 3hourly, now, it appears that she has become a "snacker" ie feed less but more frequently! I felt "tied to her" yet again, it's as if she's gone back to the early weeks of feeding 2hourly! She's turning 5months next week and altho she can hold her head up she still didnt flip yet. I've only ever seen her flip twice from tummy to back but never from back to tummy. Her birth weight was 3.325kg but she's now weighing 7.7kg. I'm worried her feeding frequently is a sign of her being hungry easily and "asking" for solids. I am trying to delay her till 6mths though. She is also waking up twice a night now whereas in the past it used to be jus once a night. Her feeding schedule last time used to be 8-9am (1st feed), 12++ (2nd feed), 3++(3rd feed), 5++(4th feed), 7++(nurse to sleep) and then she would wake once between 3-5am for a short feed. But now, she's doing this, 9++, 12++, 2++, 4++, 6++, 7++, and then waking at 2++, 4++.
Carang
My gal came out on 38th week (c-sect due to breech), that's 2 weeks earlier. So do i also deduct and consider her as preemie altho technically, 37th week is considered as full term?
adahc
seems that our baby is doing the same thing again. Haha.
my baby too has taken to feeding only 5-10mins per nursing session! Now, often, she will latches on for only 10mins max and then pull off and if i attempt to latch her again, she will pull off and cry! Last time she used to be feeding 3hourly, now, it appears that she has become a "snacker" ie feed less but more frequently! I felt "tied to her" yet again, it's as if she's gone back to the early weeks of feeding 2hourly! She's turning 5months next week and altho she can hold her head up she still didnt flip yet. I've only ever seen her flip twice from tummy to back but never from back to tummy. Her birth weight was 3.325kg but she's now weighing 7.7kg. I'm worried her feeding frequently is a sign of her being hungry easily and "asking" for solids. I am trying to delay her till 6mths though. She is also waking up twice a night now whereas in the past it used to be jus once a night. Her feeding schedule last time used to be 8-9am (1st feed), 12++ (2nd feed), 3++(3rd feed), 5++(4th feed), 7++(nurse to sleep) and then she would wake once between 3-5am for a short feed. But now, she's doing this, 9++, 12++, 2++, 4++, 6++, 7++, and then waking at 2++, 4++.
Carang
My gal came out on 38th week (c-sect due to breech), that's 2 weeks earlier. So do i also deduct and consider her as preemie altho technically, 37th week is considered as full term?
adahc
seems that our baby is doing the same thing again. Haha.
Fenn,
The behaviour you are describing is really common in babies around four to five months old. By this time they know exactly how to breastfeed and can be very efficient at doing it - especially if other interesting things are going on around them.
Have you found your baby to be easily distracted when feeding? This is also something that happens at about this age. This can make breastfeeding in public more channelling. When my son was this age a friend suggested feeding him in the church - I found this worked well because it was dark and quiet and he would concentrate on the feeding more.
I'm sorry to hear that you find the short frequent feeds a problem. From the baby's view point it isn't and it doesn't mean that there is any problem with either you or your baby - it is just some babies like to feed this way.
Have you found that when you are out and about with your baby she is able to last longer between feeds than when you are at home? This is also very common as the baby grows older. I think it is because the babies get bored at home and a bored baby will ask for milk more often.
The range of when babies start to flip over is very wide and flipping from the back to the front is much harder than from the front to the back because they needs stronger neck and arm muscles for that manoeuvre. My last daughter didn't manage to do this until she was nearly eight months old but she started walking at nine months!
The best sign I know of that a baby is ready for solids this sitting up unaided. When a baby can sit straight it is easier for them to digest the food. For most babies this is around about the six months mark.
Best wishes,
SARAH
The behaviour you are describing is really common in babies around four to five months old. By this time they know exactly how to breastfeed and can be very efficient at doing it - especially if other interesting things are going on around them.
Have you found your baby to be easily distracted when feeding? This is also something that happens at about this age. This can make breastfeeding in public more channelling. When my son was this age a friend suggested feeding him in the church - I found this worked well because it was dark and quiet and he would concentrate on the feeding more.
I'm sorry to hear that you find the short frequent feeds a problem. From the baby's view point it isn't and it doesn't mean that there is any problem with either you or your baby - it is just some babies like to feed this way.
Have you found that when you are out and about with your baby she is able to last longer between feeds than when you are at home? This is also very common as the baby grows older. I think it is because the babies get bored at home and a bored baby will ask for milk more often.
The range of when babies start to flip over is very wide and flipping from the back to the front is much harder than from the front to the back because they needs stronger neck and arm muscles for that manoeuvre. My last daughter didn't manage to do this until she was nearly eight months old but she started walking at nine months!
The best sign I know of that a baby is ready for solids this sitting up unaided. When a baby can sit straight it is easier for them to digest the food. For most babies this is around about the six months mark.
Best wishes,
SARAH
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Do you think in order to get my baby use to the bottle that I should start feeding her exclusively express milk via the bottle?? If not how can I train her so that she gets use to both? We had some success the other day when I went out all day but yesterday her feed will take over an hour. As my husband has to fly i have her for 4 days to myself in which I will BF her I tried this morning to give her the bottle and she just played with the teat or turn towards my chest. she tought it was a game and was giggling all the way through.. so next week when my husband is back I have to go out and cant bring her unfortunately. so again my husband will have her all day just feel bad coz everytime my husband feeds her it is such a struggle.
cxflygirl,
Here are some tips that can be used if baby is reluctant to take the bottle:
* Try offering the bottle before the baby is likely to be too hungry,
* Instead of pushing the bottle nipple into the baby's mouth, try laying it near his mouth and allowing him to pull it in himself,
* Try running warm water over the bottle nipple to bring it up to body temperature,
* Try different types of bottle nipples to find a shape, a substance (rubber or silicone), and a hole size the baby will accept,
* Try different feeding positions. Some babies like to sit propped against the caregiver's raised legs; others prefer not to look at the caregiver and will take a bottle better if they are held facing out, with their back against the caregiver's chest,
* Try to feed the baby while moving rhythmically - rocking, walking or swaying from side to side - because this may be calming to him,
* Insert the bottle nipple into the baby's mouth when he's sleeping,
* Keep trying, but remember that the baby can be fed the mother's milk with a cup, even month old babies can drink from cups with someone's help.
The method I've found is most useful with older babies is to make it a very different experience to breastfeeding. So baby sitting facing outward or lying down away from you and holding the baby by himself (if he's not able to hold the bottle himself yet you hold it and let him put his hands over yours) seem to work best.
They would rather breastfeed than bottle feed so if you hold the baby in a similar way they will refuse the bottle - showing you their preference. Often babies will take a bottle this way from someone who isn't the mother but not from the mother - I think they smell the milk and want the real thing.
Best wishes,
SARAH
Here are some tips that can be used if baby is reluctant to take the bottle:
* Try offering the bottle before the baby is likely to be too hungry,
* Instead of pushing the bottle nipple into the baby's mouth, try laying it near his mouth and allowing him to pull it in himself,
* Try running warm water over the bottle nipple to bring it up to body temperature,
* Try different types of bottle nipples to find a shape, a substance (rubber or silicone), and a hole size the baby will accept,
* Try different feeding positions. Some babies like to sit propped against the caregiver's raised legs; others prefer not to look at the caregiver and will take a bottle better if they are held facing out, with their back against the caregiver's chest,
* Try to feed the baby while moving rhythmically - rocking, walking or swaying from side to side - because this may be calming to him,
* Insert the bottle nipple into the baby's mouth when he's sleeping,
* Keep trying, but remember that the baby can be fed the mother's milk with a cup, even month old babies can drink from cups with someone's help.
The method I've found is most useful with older babies is to make it a very different experience to breastfeeding. So baby sitting facing outward or lying down away from you and holding the baby by himself (if he's not able to hold the bottle himself yet you hold it and let him put his hands over yours) seem to work best.
They would rather breastfeed than bottle feed so if you hold the baby in a similar way they will refuse the bottle - showing you their preference. Often babies will take a bottle this way from someone who isn't the mother but not from the mother - I think they smell the milk and want the real thing.
Best wishes,
SARAH
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