What to do if your five-month-old baby refuses to drink a bottle

Some people say that if the first milk a baby eats after birth is breast milk, the mother's breast milk will be sufficient. However, not many people can do this. Newborn babies are fed with milk powder. As the baby grows day by day, if the mother's breast milk is not enough or the mother wants to work, she will have to worry about the baby's food. What should I do if some babies don't eat from bottles? Here are some solutions for you.

Getting your baby to accept a bottle requires a gradual process. First, you need to divide your baby's feeding time into three periods: morning, noon, and evening. Try it in the middle period first, as babies at this time are more receptive to new things. You can tease him with the bottle first, then feed him a few sips to make him familiar with the bottle. Then feed him more often with the bottle when he is calm.

How to make your child love the bottle? Here are some ways to try:

1. Use a bottle to feed your baby before he or she is hungry.

2. When feeding with a bottle, wrap the baby in the mother's clothes.

3. Do not put the bottle mouth into the baby's mouth. Instead, place the bottle mouth next to it and let the baby find the bottle mouth by himself and put it in his mouth actively.

4. Rinse the bottle mouth with warm water to make it close to human body temperature.

5. Let your baby try pacifiers of different shapes, sizes, and materials, and adjust the size of the nipple hole.

6. Try feeding your baby in different postures. Some babies like the person feeding them to lift their feet when they are fed with a bottle; some do not like to look at the babysitter's face and prefer to suck from the bottle with their backs facing the babysitter's chest.

7. Try to hug him, rock him, take a walk, etc. to calm him down.

8. When your baby falls asleep, put the bottle in his mouth.

Do not give your baby anything to eat or drink for at least two to three hours before giving him a bottle, until he feels hungry and has an appetite. Try different bottles and nipples. A soft, nipple-shaped pacifier is best. Use a regular, slim bottle that fits any size nipple. If you can, it's best to use expressed breast milk at first because your baby is used to the taste. If breast milk is insufficient, other formula milks can be used. Use a sterile needle to poke a large hole in the nipple, ensuring that the flow rate is greater than that of breast milk.

Have you learned anything from the above methods? It is difficult to get a baby who doesn't want to drink a bottle to accept a bottle because he is already used to breast milk and the taste of breast milk. If there is enough breast milk, you can put breast milk in a bottle for the baby to drink and let him slowly accept it. The step-by-step method should work. Well, try the above methods. I wish your baby a healthy growth!