introducing a bottle to BF Baby

three_cats_n_a_baby

Hi. My baby is 6 wks and yesterday i expressed into a bottle so that we could go shopping and also wanted to introduce a bottle to make feeding easier at Christmas etc. Until now he has been boob only except giving him meds for reflux which is a tiny amount in a bottle. I expressed just over 3 oz and he luckily didn't wake for a feed til we got home but wouldn't take bottle it seemed to come out really efast and he just kept choking on it. I tried a few times but ended up on boob and throwing milk away. Does any one have any tips or can tell me what i am doing wrong? Could it just be the bottles? I tried two different lkind. Thanks.

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three_cats_n_a_baby

Ok thank you i will have a look at bottle type and make sure. Husband has was going to do it but choking got in the way :-(

momaynot

I like the breastflow bottles. I also use the playtex drop ins (they both use the same liners) with a slow nipple. I think the breastflow are better because they are slower and baby seems more satisfied but husband likes the playtex ones better.

three_cats_n_a_baby

Cool thanks, i didn't even really know they had different flows but have a few different kind luckily so hoping one of them is a slower kind!

three_cats_n_a_baby

Checked the bottles i used and they are slow flows already i do have some others that are vary flow, i tried that and he took his gaviscon (reflux meds) for a few seconds ok then wouldnt finish it or go back on Just worried i wont be able to introduce a bottle and dont want to upset him trying. Any more ideas? Thanks.

QweenNique

Yeah I go to work monday and my,lo is exclusively bf and she will not take a bottle from me. Ugh my mom is confident she will be ok.

trixiesmom8

Maybe see if they will take a bottle from someone else @qweennique & @three_cats_n_a_baby.

crystaldawn0830

I use tommee tippee bottles and we haven't had any nipple confusion at all!