Breastfed bottle refusal

I’m in the same boat with my 4 month old. I’ve tried everything, including sippy cups but she still refuses.

Have you tried having your husband or someone other than you feeding him? Make sure you’re not in the room as he’ll be able to smell you and may refuse due to this.

Open cup for water doesn’t take a long time it’s worth giving it a shot my daughter did it first try at exactly 6 months old, she didn’t like the sippy cup she was getting frustrating and biting it (EBF baby) x

Weve had the same with our 4 month old and we’re working through a baby led bottle refusal plan at the moment which seems to be working! Main things that have helped us so far are:

- using the bottle teat during play to get him used to it and create a positive association. We have the lansinoh ones and pop them in the o ball so he call put it to his mouth himself and suck it with no pressure to drink milk etc.
- once he was comfortable with this (few times a day doing this over about a week) we introduced a bottle with about half an oz of freshly pumped milk with the teat warmed up and dipped in the milk. We do it when he’s about half an hour before a feed so he’s not starving or aggy yet.
- feeding in a forward facing position so back against our chest and bopping around so he can look around

We’ve been doing this about 2 weeks and he has started drinking an oz or so at a time so not full feeds yet but miles better than before he was screaming when the teat went near his mouth!