6 Month Baby Rejecting Bottle

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6 month baby rejecting bottle.

Try switching to a nipple for babies 6 months and up. At the end of the meal see if your baby is thirsty by offering him a bottle or cup of cooled boiled water. My 6 months baby girl is rejecting drinking milk from the tommee tippee bottle. Offer the milk in a sippy cup.

Do your best to comfort your baby when he isn t feeling well and try to add in lots of extra snuggles. Another option is to transition your baby to drinking from a sippy cup. I read the review of. He may or may not already be drinking water from a sippy cup but offering his milk in one could encourage him to drink more of it.

The american academy of pediatrics recommends delaying the introduction of foods other than breast milk until your baby is around 6 months old suggesting exclusive breastfeeding before that time. Take the bottle away. When you don t feel well you typically don t feel like eating as much. Likewise when your baby isn t feeling well he is much more likely to suddenly start refusing a bottle.

Track your baby s development. Start with transition sippy cups to make the move from bottle to cup smoother. If after trying everything your baby still staunchly refuses to take a bottle from anyone then don t try to force her.