Want to wean but refusing a bottle...
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Topic: Want to wean but refusing a bottle...
Posted By: sunnyhoney
Subject: Want to wean but refusing a bottle...
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 3:48pm
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Hi
Have BF DS for a year now (woohoo!) but now he is biting and I want to wean. I have tried all sorts to get him to stop biting but he hasn't stopped. Grr. Also want to stop BFing to restore my energy etc). Anyways, how do you wean when he flatly refuses a bottle, doesn't matter what's in it...EBM/water or regular milk. He only wants to be BF. Should I just persevere with BFing? Or do you mums have any tips for how to go about this? TIA ------------- Mum to: Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 5:43pm
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dont bother with bottles for a start... get a cup. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: sunnyhoney
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 5:56pm
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we have bottles with hard spouts on them but he don't want those either...do you mean cup like an adult would use? ------------- Mum to: Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz |
Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 7:16pm
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DD was using a proper cup by that age so I'd definitely try that.
Is she eating enough yoghurt, cheese etc that she doesn't need the milk replaced? Can you use some other form of distraction from BF and offer milk at another time, rather than as a substitute for a BF? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 8:17pm
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I put Jody on the bottle at 13 months. Tried all sorts of tricks from 12 months and, like your wee man, she flatly refused everything. So every evening, when she'd usually have a BF, I'd hand her the bottle with warm cow's milk in it (just because it's cheaper and easier than EBM so not so frustrating to waste!). She usually just played with it.
DH sometimes had luck if I wasn't home. Then one day, she just snatched it off me and gulped the whole lot! I have no idea why she grabbed it like she'd always drank from a bottle, maybe she'd seen a baby using a bottle, maybe she was just starving! But I think the very relaxed approach certainly helped. -------------   
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