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Dec
Baby Won T Drink From Bottle. Even if your baby took to a bottle in their first few days or weeks after birth its fairly common for breastfed babies to prefer their mom and even reject bottles later on. She will happily eat foods from a spoon and she will eat cereals mixed with formula. Consistently offer a pacifier to help soothe your baby when theyre fussy if youre not already. If a breastfeeding baby either wont take the bottle from their mom or mom cant be around the scent of their mother may help to encourage suckling.
Our baby basically almost never drank out of a bottle. You can try again in a few minutes. Teething and other illnesses including the common cold may also cause your baby to push away the bottle. Signs that your baby has had a negative experience with taking a bottle are that they were taking the bottle well and then stopped suddenly. A different shaped bottle colourful beaker or sippy cup see below that might be mistaken for a toy can break the negative association especially if you can let baby discover. It is recommended that all babies have stopped bottle feeding by 12 months of age and are instead drinking via cups.
If your baby still refuses try checking the milk to see if it looks and tastes alright.
Babies from as early as birth can cup feed. A soft spout cup will give the baby. This helps your baby learn to organize their mouth movement which will calm. Consider a transition style sippy cup to make the experience simplistic for your little one. Talk gently to her. To warm the milk let the bottle sit of a bowl of warm not hot water for ten minutes give the bottle a swirl and then offer it to the baby.