Seven Tricks To Make Your Baby Accept Feeding Bottle

 A lot goes into nursing a baby, if it is your first, you also need to learn a lot from older mom’s and some from practical experience.Since every child is unique, what will work for child A may not work for child B.The same thing applies when introducing the feeding bottle.And for mum's who have to resume work having breastfed their babies for weeks/months; please know that your baby is not going to readily

accept the new system of milk delivery.

Different approaches are applied, hook on to the one that works with your baby. Here are some interesting tricks to make your baby accept feeding bottle.

1. Timing 

First things first, there is an age appropriate for introducing feeding bottle; pediatricians recommend between four and five weeks old. However, WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, but if you have to introduce the bottle, then you must get the timing right.  

2. Bottle testing

Kids have a high level of intelligence and sensibility; you will need to observe your baby to understand her little personality.One trick to make your baby accept the bottle without much crying is the bottle testing method. Offer the baby the bottle nipple to nimble on when the baby is not hungry, watch the bay’s reaction and follow up. The baby will be used to it when it is feeding time proper. 

3. Try different positions

Many mom’s have succeeded in making their babies accept the bottle with this method. It is a tricky game so you have to be tricky too as a mom. Try different positions until you find the one that the child accepts and hold on to it.

4. Offer bottle after breastfeeding

Tricks to make your baby accept feeding bottle are like a game of chess, you have to learn to play it well as a mother. One trick is to dangle the bottle on your baby’s face after breastfeeding. Make the child curious, then offer it.

5. Make it a willing surprise

At times you have to reject your fears of rejection and take a bold step as a trick to make your child accept the bottle. How does it work? Tease the child with the bottle, make the baby feel the smoothness of the nipple of the feeder, and allow your baby to willingly take the feeding bottle.

6. Use a breastfeeding friendly bottle

One may ask, which is a breastfeeding friendly bottle? Baby’s don’t love whatever will give them stress or make them uncomfortable. Get a feeding bottle that is both comfortable with you and your baby and the purpose for it will be achieved with relative ease.

7. Customize your feeding bottle

As a mother, you would have observed what your baby loves or what attracts the attention of your baby; it can be a ring a teddy etc. Have this object round your bottle; your baby will willingly accept the bottle with the object of attraction on it.

The tips above are so great because when your baby accepts the bottle, it gives you time to do other things while another can help you with the feeding.

Bonne Chance!!