How did you make your bb accept a bottle of breast milk?

My baby is 5 months old and I tried many attempts to pump and give him a bottle of breast milk with no success. He cries, struggles, pushes with hands and kicks. Is there a trick with the bottle/baby position that I'm missing?

I'm nursing 10 times a day, now with sleep regression is 4 times a night on average. I'm reaching my limits physically and mentally.

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Try taking a look into the emulait bottle? It mimics the breast a lot more than a traditional bottle does šŸ¤žšŸ»

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My first liked mam cups took to them fine but my second didn’t like bottles push them away didn’t want anything with them so I did a straw cup which after some practice she took to better. I’d suggest a straw cup with a weighted straw.
This time is also temporary a lot of growth is happening now.
Also try having someone else do it not you.

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You might not want to hear this, but I tried so many different bottles, positions and tactics and the furthest I ever got was she took one bottle one day when I held her and fed her at the same time in a pitch black room. Otherwise she never took it. It wasn't until she turned 1 and started having cow's milk that she actually drank any milk from a bottle, she's now 2 and she does it every night before bed

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At that age I’d try with a cup rather than a bottle as it’s quite unlikely they’ll take a bottle that late on if they’ve never before x

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I had that exact same worry! My little one started at 8 months and I was petrified because she barely ate any solids yet and she breastfed like every hour. It was a hard transition and I had to get home and pump knowing full well she's likely to ignore the milk, have nothing all day and then come home and breastfeed. But she was actually okay... I had so so so many worries and I very nearly didn't go back to work not being able to afford it because of how scared I was, but she was fine. She'd make it through the day on the little food she did eat and then just feed at home and over night. Then one day a switch went off and she started eating properly and actually finishing meals, stopped breastfeeding during the day even on weekends and only fed at night. Now she no longer breastfeeds and she finishes every meal that's put infront of her, no matter what's in it x

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