bottle refusal?!
so my 16 week old was EBF until like 3 weeks ago when we introduced my husband giving her a bottle of formula every night (after much persistence over the past few months and her refusing) - she has been taking it really well, however today and tonight she completely refused it and just wanted to feed from me! really hoping this isn't a regular thing and just wondering if anyone else had experienced this, and if so what helped?
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A few tips I picked up as I had the same issue: 1) wrap a t-shirt or something that smells like you around the bottle 2) bottle feed your breast milk (which does mean pumping) 3) mix your breast milk with formula (again you’d need to pump) 4) remove yourself from the room when your husband feeds her. Ideally 10mins before so she’s aware of your absence Good luck!
@Lizzie thankyou - we did do all of that when we initially were trying to get her to take the bottle which eventually worked, its more that she was doing it fine and now she's not.. i guess its like starting from scratch. i was hoping it was just an off day!
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Following as a facing the same with my lil one