My daughter never did take a bottle. I had to have surgery and i was breastfeeding. My mother was taking care of her. she was about 4 months old. she never accepted any bottle or pacifier. I tried everything. she nursed until she weaned to a cup. she was and still is an extremely sensitive child. good luck!
Amanda I too breastfeed my daughter and she is now 10 1/2 mths old. She wouldn't take a bottle either so what I did when she was 4 mths old was I gave her a sippy cup. I got her the nuby kind with a straw because whe was able to grasp that concept better and it didn't have to be tipped up and it had handles for her to hold on to. They sell they at Wal-Mart and they are only about $3. That really helped and than I didn't have to worry about weening her from me and the bottle. Hopefully that helps!
MY DAUGHTER HAD TROUBLE WITH TAKING A BOTTLE THE ONLY ONE I GOT TO WORK WAS THE NUK NIPPLES BY GERBER. SHE TOOK THOSE RIGHT OFF THE BAT . YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY THOSE.
When I took my daughter off the breast at six months I had to leave her with my mom. If she could smell me and the breast milk then that was all she wanted. Get your husband or someone else you love and trust to do it when you aren't in the room. That might help.
I tried almost every brand with my daughter and struggled for weeks and eventually I was told to put some sugar water on the nipple of the bottle until she got used to it, and that did the trick. I had to make sure she couldn't smell breat milk though, i usually put a blanket over my chest whilst i fed her for a couple of days, just to avoid confusion.
Good luck!
Thank you all very much for all of your advice. We have started him on cereal once a day and he is taking the Avent bottle. I don’t work very much and sometimes I would like to have a break and maybe a date night with my husband.