Baby refusal to bottle is a phenomenon that many parents encounter. Your baby refuses to take a bottle, making it more difficult to care for him. Let's find out the cause and find out how to fix it.
Cause the baby refuses to bottle
Except for the cases where the mother does not have milk and the baby has to be bottle-fed right from the moment of birth, otherwise, the baby will face the change from breast-feeding to bottle-feeding. This change is sometimes easy, sometimes it takes time. Some babies switch to bottle-feeding easily, others take a little time, some babies will need parents to persevere. The cause of your baby's refusal to bottle feed is due to the following "changes":
You need to try different ways to bottle feed your baby
Sudden changes in habits. Babies under 6 months old, sometimes babies are breastfed and bottle-fed. However, for some reason, parents decide to breastfeed their baby exclusively without bottle feeding and after a while, the baby may not want to return to the bottle.
Get familiar with breast milk. Breast milk has been taken by babies since birth, and the baby gets used to it, it has become a "taste". Now parents give the baby a bottle, the baby will ask for "that way", not "this way".
The baby does not like milk. The smell of bottle and breast milk is different, your baby may not like it, Whatever your baby's taste is!
The baby likes the softness of the mother. "The other type", the baby feels the mother's softness, but the "other" is just a hard and cold knob. Very different mother!
Your baby is teething. At the teething stage, some babies do not like bottle feeding. Your baby will love to bite his teeth on the nipple of the bottle, but will refuse to suckle.
Some effective remedies
After a while your baby will get used to bottle feeding. However, if the baby refuses to bottle feed that affects the baby's health (the baby is hungry), the parents need some remedial measures.
Mothers can choose different types of nipples for babies to get used to bottle feeding
If your baby refuses to drink a bottle (but likes to chew on the bottle's nipple) because of teething, parents can give your baby a gums before feeding the bottle . This will reduce irritation (itching) caused by the baby's teeth. Then the baby will less likely to "chew" the nipple of the bottle. Your baby will get used to the nipple of the bottle by expressing breast milk into the bottle. Once you get used to the bottle, you should mix formula with formula and feed your baby.
Choose a soft bottle nipple for your baby. Some babies like to suck on the teat of the bottle for a while before sucking. The amount of milk to drink at the first times will also be less. Parents do not need to worry too much because babies drink less. Gradually your baby will be able to drink a larger amount of bottle-milk over time.
Use a spoon (infant type) to feed your baby in case he or she refuses to bottle feed. Experience is that parents can use a spoon to fertilize their baby. This is actually pretty easy and doesn't take long. However, feeding a baby with milk can spill the milk, it is quite strenuous and requires parents to be around.
Give your baby a cup of milk. For babies who are old enough to hold a cup, you should put milk in a cup and let your baby drink. Of course this must be a safe cup for your baby.
In short, measures often revolve around parents dividing big changes into smaller, gradual changes. Until 6 months or more, breastmilk will gradually run out of nutrients. Parents need to bottle-feed their babies and need to be persistent in order for their babies to have a better source of nutritional milk. But do not worry. The bottle is quite delicious so your baby will drink it quickly.
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