So far we have tried:
- me not in the room
- daddy feeding the bottle
- me feeding the bottle
- holding him in a total different position in a different place
- cleaning the nipples really good (why does BM create a film on plastic-yucky!)
- using the next flow nipple (drowns him and he chokes)
- warming the milk more (not burning but warmer than luke warm that we have been doing)
- fresher milk, I've been using several days old milk in the fridge or frozen
- buying a million bottles and nipples (a friend is going to let me borrow some of hers to try)
- if you live near me and want to let me borrow some........let me know ;)
- starving him/skipping feedings: to get around this we are doing as google recommended and offering it to him 3 times and when he fusses or cries we are letting him play for 10 minutes before I feed him.
mine would only take latex nipples, a little more pliable and like mom. also i worked 2x/wk and often my daughter would skip a feeding during that time...she would rather wait for mommy to get home. he will make up for it when you get home!!
ReplyDeleteI agree that he'll make it up as soon as you are back together again!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter, too, would only take latex nipples, no silicon for her. Do they even make them any more?
Instead of trying different brands, try different shapes of nipples. The 4 month old I babysit would NOT take the Tommee Tippee brand at all. So, the mom tried 3 other brands with the same nipple shape. Nope! She wanted orthodontic shaped instead! :) Now she uses NUK.
My husband had to feed our daughter while she was in a high chair with him facing her. We figured out that is she was being held she expected a breast. My suggestion is to make feeding Owen a bottle as different from breastfeeding as possible. Use a different room, don't hold him, and if he is used to a quiet, dark room, use some background noise. My daughter is too smart for her own good. She knew perfectly well that the bottle was not what she wanted so even if she was starving she would refuse it. But making it more like feeding an older infant seemed to keep her from getting upset. Good luck! I know this phase is really frustrating. It took us a month to figure it out.
ReplyDeleteBoth of my girls went through the too slow/too fast flow issue, too...somewhere between 3 and 4 months. I solved it by taking a couple of the slow flow nipples and opening them up just a bit with a toothpick. Once they were stretched (but not gushing like the faster flow) that was all it took. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the toothpick idea. Sounds like he's in between nipple sizes to me, and my kids did the same thing when they were around that age. He's probably getting frustrated because he wants to be more efficient. I wouldn't try another bottle or nipple brand because babies don't usually switch midway, and if he was fine before, he should be okay now. Introducing a bunch of different ones might make him more angry.
ReplyDeleteOkay, the BM film is bizarre isn't it?! BM is like oily, but sticky at the same time. So weird! Charlotte likes the Dr. Brown's bottles. But, I HATE them and their stupid parts, but those are the ones she took and they fit on the end of my Medela pump. We didn't switch to the Level 2 nipples until about 4 or 5 months I think. They were too much for her at 3 months. Maybe try just buying one Dr. Brown's bottle to see how he takes it? Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHave you tried cold milk? Probably won't do anything but Corinne has liked her milk cold ever since I went back to work.
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