Any tips for bottle feeding?

Has anyone got any tips on how to get a baby to take a bottle?? The first 2 times we gave Matthew a bottle of expressed milk he was fine - he took it no problems. That was about 2 months ago. The last couple of times we've tried to bottle-feed him recently he's just absolutely refused it. Won't even try sucking on it. Just screams as soon as you put the bottle in his mouth. He sucks on a dummy ok, but not the bottle. I'm going back to work in a couple of months, so want to get him used to the bottle for when I'm not there. I've tried warming the teat, getting other people to feed him & feeding him in different positions, but have had no luck so far. Any ideas??

No real wisdom in my words other than perseverance. I think that's generally the only thing that works. Hannah did this too periodically and I just had to keep on trying! Eventually they seem to forget to rebel

Good luck!!

Thanks. I'll just keep on trying!

My first born Josh was fully breast fed till 4 1/2 months so when I was putting him on the bottle he refused it and like your son just cried. In the end I found the best thing to do was lie him on a bed (couch.floor) and hold arms reach and put in his mouth. He would smell the milk on me and so would not give in so my mum would feed him and I would disaapear. It worked in the end but wasn't easy at all.