I have a 5 month old boy and still exclusively breast feeding him. I am about to go back to work and very worried about his feeding when I am not around.
He has been totally refusing bottle since 2 months of age despite me changing different bottles and teats (medela, avent natural, nuk). At first, he will still cry when we give the bottle but nowadays he just plays around with the bottle teat using his tongue.
I have tried to go out physically and starving him to see if eventually he will take the bottle when he is hungry. He still did not take after 6 hours.
I even tried him on sippy cups but he refuses to suck on the spouts too. Not sure if he is too young for it.
Have thought of giving solids when I am at work as a solution but even then he will need to drink water right? And how to give water without a bottle?
Would appreciate mummies who experienced this problem to give some advice! Thanks!
He has been totally refusing bottle since 2 months of age despite me changing different bottles and teats (medela, avent natural, nuk). At first, he will still cry when we give the bottle but nowadays he just plays around with the bottle teat using his tongue.
I have tried to go out physically and starving him to see if eventually he will take the bottle when he is hungry. He still did not take after 6 hours.
I even tried him on sippy cups but he refuses to suck on the spouts too. Not sure if he is too young for it.
Have thought of giving solids when I am at work as a solution but even then he will need to drink water right? And how to give water without a bottle?
Would appreciate mummies who experienced this problem to give some advice! Thanks!