I am back to work and my exclusively breast fed baby is refusing formular from the bottle and I haven't been prepared enough to pump! I have tried 2 days this week without me for half days and she just refuses!
I will be away from her for 10 hours!
Any advice or anyone been through something simular?
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Can you pump on the side you’re not feeding from to try build up some, and then while you’re at work? Then you can use that for the next day/freeze it etc.. My baby won’t take a bottle but will take breast milk in a cup! Although not much. As long as baby is having 3 meals and water she will likely just feed more from you when she’s with you! X

Have you tried using a sippy cup instead? Like the ones you’d give water from? Good luck because I know how hard bottle refusal can be!

I would avoid introducing a bottle now and try a cup instead.
But chances are your baby will be just fine with just food and water when at nursery. She'll just make up for it when you're together.

Prep’ing myself for nursery in April so I’m on the same journey! After my LO reducing percentile was seeing a dietitian and finally found a formula that she’ll drink about 90ml/3oz from a sippy cup a couple times a day. Hope to build up alongside food.