Bottle feeding help

Keya
on 3/10/10 10:28 am - St. Paul, MN
I never thought in a million years that I would ever have this problem, but I need some suggestions or advice.
My daughter is 10 weeks and exclusively breastfed. I went back to work on Monday and now Aubrie stays home with daddy during the day and is bottle fed breast milk.  The problem is this-he can't get her to eat from a bottle.  She HATES the feel of a fake nipple and won't take a pacifier either (not that it's a bad thing on the pacifier). But, I nurse her in the morning before I leave for work and then throughout the evening and night if she wakes up. Hubby tries to feed her throughout the day.  She refuses to take the bottle. He can maybe get an ounce down her, but she fights it the whole time. We have literally tried every nipple I can find and she won't take any of them. By the time I get home, her soft spot is sunken in more, so I know she is dehydrating.  I don't know what to do.  Any ideas or thoughts?  Thanks in advance!

By the way, we did start trying to bottle feed her at around 5 weeks just to get ready for me to go back to work and it's been this way the entire time we have tried to get her to bottle feed. 

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amyc
on 3/10/10 10:55 am - Jacksboro, TN
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Will she take a bottle for you?  If she will have your hubby wrap her up in the clothes you wore the night before.  Maybe if she smells you she would be more willing to drink. I hope she starts drinking from a bottle soon!
       
Keya
on 3/11/10 4:26 am - St. Paul, MN
She won't take a bottle from me either.  I guess she figures the booby is right there.  I did ask hubby to try your idea.  Thanks for the idea!

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Lexa321
on 3/10/10 12:11 pm - weston, FL
no clue... jayson got the flu around 6 months old... the only way he would eat was from a medicine dropper
Keya
on 3/11/10 4:26 am - St. Paul, MN
I'll have to have him try that.  Thanks!

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Allie
on 3/10/10 1:17 pm
Gosh, usually it's the other way around! Then you have a hard time getting them back to the breast.

Have you tried using a cup or spoon or a medicine dropper? Maybe she'll take it from something like the medicine dropper and at least get something in her during the day. Don't have him completely give up the bottle though. If she gets hungry enough, she'll drink out of it, but he can try the other things in the meantime when the bottle just does not work. Is coming home at all during the day, maybe at lunchtime an option? You ought to ask her ped what they suggest too. Weird predicament you have! I hope ya'll figure out a solution!

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Keya
on 3/11/10 4:29 am - St. Paul, MN

Thanks, Allie!  I will have him try some of the other "vessels" to see if that works.  I had thought that if she got hungry enough, she'd eat, but she doesn't...

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Stacey D.
on 3/10/10 9:32 pm - Harrisonburg, VA
I am not sure the answer, but def something to think about because I will be going back to work after 10 weeks...Does your dr. office or peds office have a lact consultant?  Perhaps they may have some keys to getting her to eat from a bottle. 

Good luck!  Stacey

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Keya
on 3/11/10 4:30 am - St. Paul, MN

Good idea about calling the lactation consultant. Thanks!

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Dev *.
on 3/10/10 10:28 pm - Austin, TX
All of these are good suggestions - maybe also try sticking the bottle nipples in your bra for a while so they smell like you as well.

And if she'll only do an ounce at a time, have hubby offer it more frequently.

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