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You should leave the house when your husband gives her the bottle. If baby smells mom , baby will wait for the boob. Also, you may need to try a variety of bottles/nipples until you find one that she likes.
Wanted to add that you can give hubby a worn shirt of yours (because it smells like mama) to hold while you're on that walk and it may help keep baby calm and willing to take the bottle.
Mine never took a bottle or pacifier. Also had colic and other issues which as it turned out, are caused by a lip and tongue tie that the pediatrician missed/dismissed. Now going to a tie savvy SLP and eventually a dentist to have it corrected by laser. Get an evaluation from a tie savvy LC. Also check the bottles, maybe como tomo or nano bebe might help. Milk temperature also makes a difference.
You may also want to try a straw cup. Sippy cups apparently aren’t great for dental development
You could also try giving hubs a tshirt that you wore to help recreate mommy smell (he can drape it over his shoulder, for example). It might also help for you to give the baby a bottle to see if she/he takes it. Definitely try other bottles (although this strategy has a slippery slope of a very expensive trial and error, unfortunately). Also, if using frozen milk, smell it when it thaws and is warmed up - you might have excess lipase which would make the milk smell and taste soapy (I had that issue).
When my husband went on paternity with our first son, he barely ate the first couple of days and then realized that when mama was not home, that’s the best he would get, and ate well ever since.
If baby takes an ounce or so from the bottle, that’s a good sign. My LC also said to try a few different bottles but that consistency was more important so not to go crazy buying a bunch of different ones. I had to leave for 5-6 hours before my baby would accept a bottle from my mother.
I’d hire a lactation consultant.
I also had this issue. It finally got to the point where my baby is now 6 months old and we just introduced a sippy cup and straw cup. And he’ll take about 3 oz most from the sippy cup so it’s enough to at least sustain him.
We were able to keep him home with us up until this point so wasn’t a big deal - but my mom retires end of Jan so he’ll be staying with her during the day soon. Fingers crossed he’ll eat well enough for her via the sippy cup 🤞🏼🤞🏼
My son refused the bottle for a long time too. We tried maybe a dozen different brands and nipple types before we found one that worked for him. (Tipee Tommy ended up working for us.) maybe try a few different kinds of bottles to see if that helps?
Just here to follow because I’m in the same situation with my 4mo! I also got the bottle box from babylist that came with 5 different bottles to try!
We have that too!
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How often do you try? Who has been trying to give bottle and what temp? Have you pumped and frozen and then tried giving, or tried giving fresh? What bottle types are you using?
We’ve tried fresh and frozen, warm and cold, me and my husband, Dr. Brown mostly, but venturing out now to other bottles. I’ll take a look at the article!