My 3Mo Old HATES Bottles

My daughter was the same way, she would rather strave then take a bottle. I had to return to work and her pedi told me that it was okay to introduce stage one foods, so she could get something in her while I was at work. My husband would bring her by on my lunch breaks so I could BF. My daughter never took a bottle, but if your son did he might just be fighting the change of you not being there, Ask your pedi if they can feed him stage 1 foods while you are at work, also try introing a sippy cup (like th Nuby), he might take it out of there.

I went through this same thing when I went back to work. I still pumped. My mom watched my son. It took about a week for him to get used to the bottle. Just remember, and this may sound mean. But he will take the bottle if he is really hungry. He might be mad and complain. But he will get used to it. It is just all about time.

My son was the same way. I just had to try different bottles, but honestly, he never took one well. Try an adiri natural nurser, as it is more breast-shaped.

My younger son was/is the same way! I can completely understand how frustrating the situation is. My son never accepted a pacifier or bottle minus about 4 or 5 times my husband was able to convince him. He would actually giggle at the bottle or just play with the nipple in his mouth. I tried about 4 different types of nipples (diff shapes, sizes, material) with no results before I just gave up. Ultimately I had to put off going back to work until my son was taking solids but your son is still too young for that. If he's completely unmanageable, maybe you could work something out with your employer-- is it possible for you to work from home?

It's a tough situation right now, but in another month or two you can start cereal with breastmilk by spoon and that might buy you some extra time away from home. I'm sorry I don't have any great advice but I thought it might help a little just to know that you're not the only mom to go through this. Don't give up; things will get better. =)

What you describe is exactly what I went through with my daughter (now 7 months old). She would take a bottle fine until around 3 months old and then...nothing. No paci, no bottle...nothing but me!!
Here are some things to try - you could try a different bottle, but they are expensive to keep trying different ones. I did this and found that my daughter would take the "breastflow" bottle by The First Years (I've only ever seen it at babies r us). We also found that if we weren't holding her (she was in her carrier), she would take a bottle and a pacifier - a little bit at first and then gradually more. So you could try that. To get her to take it while holding her in my arms, I had to hold the bottle in her mouth while she screamed for like 5 minutes but then she took it and has taken it ever since! Good luck!

I went through that same thing with my daughter (now 9 months old) when I went back to work. We tried all different kinds of bottles and nipples. The ones she liked best were the Gerber bottles with rubber nipples. We also discovered that she didn't want to be held while taking a bottle. We laid her down on the couch one day and she went to town! We just wish we had figured that out before all the tears (hers and mine!).
Good luck to you - hope you find something that works!!

My daughter was the same way (she still does not care for pacifiers). My husband had to sit there trying to get her to eat from the bottle for like an hour. She would scream & fuss and finally exhaust herself and eat. I know it sounds cruel but now she is taking them w/o any problems. I too work mostly from home but go into the office once a week and that one day was no fun for my mom & mother-in-law or for me that night since she was starving when I would get home and would just want to eat all night. So my advice would be don't waste your money buying all different kinds of bottles (I did that and she now will drink from the original bottles I had) and just keep trying, he will eventually give in!! Good luck!