Going back to work & feeding baby

I really hope someone here can give me some advice or reassurance. I am going back to work at the end of the month with my partner taking over looking after our little one using the shared parental scheme. My daughter by this point will be nearly 6 months at this point. We have been trying to do mixed feeding but she has always been difficult with the bottle to the point that she refuses it half the time and I give up and breastfeed. I had seen an improvement for a few weeks but the last week or so she has gone back to refusing it completely. What can I do? I am scared that she will starve herself when i go back to work 😭 I have tried everything, different bottles, different tits, different environments, different people feeding her etc. Will a baby choose to starve instead of taking the bottle?

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We had this when we first started introducing a bottle at 3 months! She wouldn’t take a bottle from me because she could smell my milk… but she took it from my partner well!
We also quickly realised when I wasn’t there that a baby will not starve themselves, if they are hungry enough they will eat and quickly realise that a bottle is their only source!
I found it tough but just kept going with it and eventually she took it really well x

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When you are bottle feeding are you out the house ?

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Having the same issues! In the same situation tried a bottle with formula and breast milk but somehow he just refuses to suck! We are trying daily..

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Have you tried a sippy cup? I had to go straight to a Nuby sippy cup as I had the same problems, he will drink from it if he is hungry/thirsty enough. I also have been trying to offer food more often( although i know they get all their nutrients from milk), but he seems to be a fussy eater atm aswell! I did a couple of kit days recently and he didnt starve, but it is still a worry i know. Xx

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Could have written this post myself.
We've tried everything - every teat, every bottle, cups but just going to carry on.

LO currently refusing to feed whilst I'm a work. Has had bottles previously but the last bottle he took was recalled SMA which made him ill.

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I went back last week.
We've just been to GP been prescribed CMPA formula and I refused to breast feed today.

Chugged a 210ml bottle tonight. Reason we went to GP was because of contact rash when formula feeding. Hoping we've cracked it ā™„ļø this is with the fast flow mam teat

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