Need help transitioning to the bottle

[shopaholic]

My daughter is 7 weeks old. I have tried pumping with no luck. I have been trying to get my daughter to take a bottle with no luck. I had my mother in law try as well with no luck. I am trying enfamil. My hope is to primarily nurse but suplement with formula. Any words of wisdom?

 

[emy]

I had a very hard time at first trying to pump! I have the Avent Isis pump. It has taken some time, but now it is much easier. If you can explain exactly what you were doing, I'm sure I or someone else on here could offer some tips. Seriously, at first I thought it was never going to work, but now I've got it figured out.

On another note, a friend of mine pumps with the Isis, but her baby wouldn't take the nipple that comes with those bottles. So, she bought the Playtex starter kit that comes with several different nipples. She tried each one with her baby, and did find one that her baby would accept. Have you tried ever nipples?

One other thing, now that nursing is well established with my baby (10 weeks now), he will not accept any formula. I have tried. Once he accepted it spoon fed into his mouth, but that was an isolated incident. The only way he will eat when I am not around is my pumped milk. Perhaps your baby is the same way.

 

[shopaholic]

Well, I managed to use my sister's mendula pump and yesterday morning Alexis did take the bottle. I gave up on the advent pump. Tonight, hubby offered the bottle but she didn't take it. we switched bottles to the gerber, which seemed better than the advent bottles. Hopefully she will tak the bottle if I am not around.

 

[cjbate]

Try different nipples. Some babies are picky. They get pretty picky around 7-10 weeks. Keep trying, you need someone else to do it, you should not be in the room. Try a good quality pump...I always liked medela's. Pump where you are very relaxed and about an hour from either feeding. Probably right, might like the breast milk better than the formula. If you can scoot along til 4 months, you can try the avent sippy cup.

If you're desparate, try a syringe to squirt the milk in his mouth!

I had one baby like this, it was hard, I tried it all and nothing worked except for the syringe...thankfully I stayed home with him so it wasn't a disaster but it was tricky. Pediatrician said "Some babies will even go all day and wait for mom...."

Best,
Jen

 

[Southernfit]

Hi Shopaholic,
My daughter had a hard time adjusting to bottles once I started pumping. After spending lots of money and time searching, I finally discovered the Dr. Brown's bottles. They were designed by a doctor b/c his own babies suffered with colic and gassy stomachs as babies. Long story short, they finally worked. I ordered mine online, but I think I've seen them at Wal-Mart. They have several different types of nipples. One is designed specifically for those babies who are breast-feeding. Good Luck!!
Jessi