Bottle Suggestions for Breastfed Baby

Try using the Medela bottles. I believe they are geared for babies who have been breast feed. Good Luck!

I tried them all too: bought 2 adiri for $13 each and he licked it once tried it once- wouldn't even take an full ounce. After spending $50 on bottles that he wouldn't use and totally frustrated and terrified to go back to work, I finally found The first year BREASTFLOW bottle at Target! It was awesome. After after making the transition to only bottles, we also got him to finally accept the avent bottles which is what he only uses now.

Try Adiri bottle (just like a breast!) and try it when he 1st wakes up in the morning and is likely to be the most hungry. Also be sure to try a bottle at least 1-2 times a day daily. He'll eventually get on board. Good luck!

Hi K.,
I don't think its the bottle that you use that your baby doesnt like, it's the shape of the nipple. Most bottles come with the traditional straight nipple for formula fed babies. There are specific nipples to use for breastfed babies, it is shaped most like the real thing and is less confusing for baby. (going from one shape to another, will eventually cause biting)

Check out this website.
http://www.nuk.de/produkte/mahlzeit/bottles_beakers_and_c...

This will show you what the nipple looks like and where you can find them.

Your baby doesnt have to use a pacifier to use these nipples.

I have checked out the playtex ventaire online, and it is a straight nipple. I didn't notice where you could specify a different nipple shape.

Try this, I think it has helped a few other moms with the same problem.

**Unfortunately, hospitals don't carry or offer these nipples any longer, so we nursing moms have to find out on our own. Luckily, my youngest was born in 1991, and the nurse told me about these nuk nipples for breastfeeding. The hospital still carried them, but when my son was born in 2000, at a different hospital, the nurse said she'd heard of them, but she couldn't find any to offer. 6 years later, with my last, the nurses had no clue what I was talking about.

Look in your local phone book for a La Leche League. They will also help with any questions/concerns or problems with breastfeeding. They are a great group of nursing (and no longer nursing) moms and grandmoms helping others.

Good luck

Dr. Brown's bottles are great.
Lynsey

Hi K.,
I used the Avent nipples when I worked and pumped. When a breastfed baby nurses, the nipple elongates and flattens, these nipples simulate the same type of tongue action. It's also important that the nipple is warmed and I'd smear it with a bit of pumped milk so he knows right away that he's getting what he always eats.
Also, be sure that it's someone else giving him the bottle, he should associate breastfeeding only with you. I know a lot of moms stress over this, but the fact is that when you are gone, if he is hungry, he will need to accept the bottle.

I'm still nursing my daughter of 22 months and like you, had to return to work three months after she was born. I initially tried Dr. Brown bottles, but had better luck with MAM Sassy bottles. They actually look more like a real nipple to me. The Born free nipples kept collapsing. Also, the Sassy bottles proved to be the least expensive of them all (roughly $11-12 for 3 bottles in a pack.

Good luck.

try the avent bottles

the key is to have someone else give him the bottle, and preferably when you are not around. have dad, grandma or another person try. walk out of the room/house so he can't smell you. you can't blame the little guy for wanting his mommy's boob. but if you are not around and he is hungry, he may settle for the next best thing.
also, 1-2 oz from a bottle is a good start, so don't discount that!

I am not much help with the bottles. We tried several nipples with our daughter and different people trying at different times (everyone thought they could get her to use a bottle!). But fortunately I did not end up going back to work so we never really had to force the issue (I was sure she would figure it out eventually but it sure made my husband nervous - I think he wanted me home anyway). My point is what we did for sitters is to have her drink from a cup. I described it this way...like giving a drink to an invalid. She actually did quite well this way - if you go slow she didn't make a mess and just swallowed the milk. by 6 months she took a sippy cup that had a straw so it really didn't last that long anyway. I have heard other babies can adjust their schedlues so they eat much less during the day and feed more when you are with them - that certainly works better if you are co-sleeping pros, though. Anyway, Good luck - it looks like you have great advice on here for stuff to try!

In my experience, Dr. Brown's and Avent bottles are the easiest to transition to. It does take time and practice to transition (just like you have to offer a new food to a toddler up to 15 times before they will eat it without prodding). It is steps toward success that you've gotten him to take 1-2oz. When he stops to take a break, "switch sides", hold him in a different position to finish the bottle.

Pacifiers also have to be learned, rule of thumb: the nipple shape of a paci or bottle should be similar to the shape of your nipple after a breastfeeding session.

If you need to talk about this further, please contact me directly.

Since you also have a 2 year old and I'm assuming that means you've breastfed before, perhaps your let-down is such that the baby needs a faster flow nipple? My son also had issues taking the bottle, but when we switched him to a Level 2 nipple on the Born Free Bottles that seemed to do the trick. Maybe worth a try?

I definitely recommend The First Years Breastflow bottles. I don't have a Target or Babies R Us near me, so I ordered them from Amazon.com. Here's a description:

Product Description
Breastflow is the only feeding system that requires both suction and compression, just like breastfeeding. The nipple is designed to mimic the breast so baby can latch on and to encourage the same mouth and tongue position as breastfeeding. The double-nipple system requires both suction and compression, just like breastfeeding and baby controls the flow of milk. It's the bottle most like breastfeeding. The Breastflow System is ideal for nursing moms who would like to introduce a bottle, are returning to work, or need to supplement while their baby is in day care or with a caregiver. Because Breastflow bottles so closely mimic the feel and action of breastfeeding, care givers can bottle feed baby while Mom is working and Mom can still continue to breastfeed.

My exclusively BF, non-paci using, darling Daughter first took to the The First Years Breastflow Bottle. The harder nipple inside flexible nipple was apparently more like the breast. Once she was drinking from these bottles, we were able to switch to the Avent bottles (which I likeded better, but there was really no reason to switch per-say).

However....

This acceptance of the bottle was not without a battle of the wills. I returned to work and she went on 3 consectutive days of hunger strikes for 6 to 8 hours until I got home afte work. On the third day, hubby took her to the Dr to make sure that there was nothing physically wrong with her and that she was not getting dehydrated. The Ped told us that we had to wait her out. I was not allowed to nurse her for the next 3 to 5 days and was told to pump. We were to give her the BM via a bottle, no matter what. The first day she went 14 hours without eating and when she took the milk, it was a lousy stinking ounce!! I was beside myself. Between her screams and my tears, I thought we would never make it. Eventually we did and each day got better. It was a good thing that my hubby and I were there to tag team together. When one tried feeding her, the other would leave and take a break from the screaming.

Ultimately, it was a preference thing, but since I was going back to work, she had no say in the matter. It makes me wonder about her teen years!! Ugh!! :-)

With number 2 on the way, we are going to try doing things a little differently. We are planning on introducing the bottle as early as possible and most likely going to try to give the baby two bottles per day, even if that means we both have to get up - hubby to bottle feed and me to pump. I think this was part of our mistake the first time - we thought since I had to get up and pump, why should we both be up and do a bottle at night. Dumb move, I guess, but live and learn right?

Lots of luck breaking into bottle feeding.
~C.

My baby is breastfed as well, but we've given him an occasional bottle of BM too. We use Dr. Brown's bottles. They're supposed to help with avoiding gas. I don't know if they'll help your little boy, but it might be worth a shot.

Good luck!

My son is brest fed and I use Dr. Browns and Milk Bank bottles. He took to them right away. They do have new bottles out that are shaped like the breast. I have not used them but have seen them in Babies r us and/or Buy Buy Baby

My situation sounds very smilar to yours. I breast fed both my babies, and when I returned to work I pumped and the babies were given my milk through a bottle. The bottles that I used were the Avent bottles. They work really ell. When my second son was born, I tried various other types of bottles- Dr. Brown's, Born-free and Adiri. But, like my first son, he liked the Avent bottle. They now make the Avent bottle BPA-free- but of course they are a little more expensive because of that. So, my suggestion is try the Avent bottle. I hope it helps.