Successful
· Nothing. Baby had no issues taking expressed milk in a bottle. Mother of Thomas 14 months.
· Offered very early on and persisted, but happened very easily. Mother of Annick 3y.
· Slowly introduced formula with normal breast milk bottles. Persistence to take the bottle - keep trying up to an hour for 1 feed during the day. Actually putting on the TV/radio as a distracter was the breakthrough, and then once he learnt it was ok, he took the bottle. Mother of Chase 20 months.
· Didn’t need to - he took to the bottle with expressed milk fine, Mother of Lukas 10 months.
· My second and third baby never had the breast so they knew from the start my first was so hungry from getting no milk from breast feeding that she gulped it down with a bottle. Mother of 3.
· Mixed half breast milk, half formula for first few bottles teets shaped like a nipple offer water from bottle from birth. Mother of Tuscany 4, Morrissey 3, Valen 6 months.
· Nurses helped - we fed with a finger and a tube - helped baby with the sucking motion. Mother of Kayla 4.5 months.
· Baby took to bottle naturally used right from the start, she didn’t like to breast feed. Mother of Jorja 21 months.
· She was finger fed in hospital and thankfully getting her to try a bottle was easier from that.... but I made sure I fed her at least once a day from a bottle just to get her used to it. Mother of Melayna 5y.
Unsuccessful
· Would not accept bottle. Mother of Jake 15 months.
· After failing to get him to take expressed milk a few times, I gave up trying. Mother of Jason 22 months 1st baby hated bottles and eventually took expressed milk from a sippy cup at around 6 mos. Mother of Amy 6, Sophie 3
· I didn't do much to encourage this as I breast fed and really enjoyed breast feeding. Mother of Rose 3
· Everything I could but no luck. Mother of Callum 23 months.
