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Hi all,
Just wondered if anyone could help. We have a 7 month old baby boy and he wont take his night time bottle off me, he seems to take it for anyone else other than myself. My wife is due back at work in 5 weeks and as she is a nurse and works shifts I will be doing a lot of the bed time feeds etc and it is starting to worry me that he is not going to take it and start messing up his great routine.
Does anyone have any advice?
Cheers
Hi Redmen
This could be because you are stressed about it - try to relax, maybe talk or read to your son at the same time.
Are you feeding during the day and if so does he take them ok?
You should try to do it as part of a routine, bath, book feed and bed!!
Sounds easy - we have all been there!
Good Luck
Maybe you could just be present at first while your wife feeds, then after a couple of nights, take over feeding part way through - just gradually introduce yourself into the routine. That way, baby will get used to you, and if you are stressed in anyway, gives you chance to relax into the role. Good luck 🙂
Hi Redmen
I sympathise, it must be very frustrating.
There are a few things you could try. Try to give the bottle in a cuddly way, but if that gets a bad reaction then try a position completely different, say sitting up and facing away. Be flexible. Another thing that might help babies that are fighting the bottle is to feed them before they get really hungry.
Try to give other feeds at other times of the day too until this blows over.
I hope this helps you.
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