Problems breast/ bottle feeding

[Kath Berry]

Hello mums (and very switched on dads)

I am having trouble getting our 9 week old to take to expressed milk from a bottle. We've tried two different brands (tippee and avent) with no luck. I have read advice on other forums such as trying different temperatures, making sure he is not too hungry ("a satisfied baby will try a bottle because he is curious - a starving baby won't")... and also making sure only dad feeds him with the bottle ("a baby won't take a bottle if he can smell mum near by")... with no luck, and quite frankly I am getting tired of wasting so much breast milk trying! (my husband tips it down the sink with a little too much ease - to me it is liquid gold)!!

I've been doing internet research and have been asked to pilot-test a new bottle which is coming on the market, so I thought to see if anyone else might be interested too? The meeting is on Wednesday 18th July at 11:00am at Green and Blue on Lordship Lane in East Dulwich (for approx an hour).

They want 4 - 5 mums, so please PM me if you're interested and I'll add you to the list. There is no payment to participate, but you do get to keep the bottle : )

In the mean time, your advice and suggestions are welcome... (I would like to be able to breast feed and have dad - or others bottle feed too).

Cheers

Kath

[Fuschia]

Not one of these, is it?

http://www.analyticalarmadillo.co.uk/2012/07/yoomi-feeding-system-genius-or-germ-fest.html

I have always found nuk latex (not silicone) teats are most acceptable to a breast fed bAby. If using powdered formula rather than expressed milk or a carton, care is needed re correct preparation which is the worry with this new 'yoomi' system if that is what you are looking at (not to mention the cost)

Good luck!

[KatDew]

I think some BF babies are just more tricky about this than others. I've had 3 kids, I've BF all of them. Two of them happily would drink form a bottle the other one never would. I did fairly similar with all of them.

[Kath Berry]

Hi thanks for this, and PMs.

Fuschia - the new bottle is called 'anywayup' - I don't know much about it other than it is due to replicate breast milk flow and reduce the intake of air (prevent colic).

The Nuk and Dr Brown and Playtex have all been recommended.

I guess I'll just start using them one by one and seeing where I end up... 'hellosailor' sent me through some really great suggestions so I'll try there...

Cheers

Kath

[Saffron]

We had Yoomi bottles, and I thought they were super. Didn't have any issues with them but were only doing 1-2 feeds of EBM/wk. Later we switched to Breastflow bottles when we were doing more feeds.

I think KatDew is probably right about some babies being more difficult than others. It's definitely worth trying a few different bottle types but don't spend loads of money. Put an add in the Family Classifieds on the Forum. There are usually people willing to give away/swap old bottles in good condition. xx

[Kath Berry]

Great idea!

Anyone want to swap? I've got 6 unused tipped bottles for newborns... We bought a box not realising there were so many available on the market and sort of assuming bottles were all the same and that babies just took to them - until today I didn't even realise there was a collective noun for bubs like mine ("bottle refusers")...

Please PM me if you can help out,

Cheers

Kwb