‘My baby refuses the bottle, how do I safely stop breastfeeding?’

Sometimes you can’t figure it out on your own and you could use some advice. So every week a reader talks about her dilemma.

Tania (29) is single mother of Romeo (7 months).

“Three months. That was the goal when breastfeeding finally got going after four days of struggling. Those three months turned into six unnoticed. Romeo did a great job on it and I found it practical that I never had to get out of bed in the middle of the night to make a bottle. But now I want to taper, and my child refuses the bottle.

Of course I had to practice. Pump once and have someone else give it to you. Wisdom in hindsight, I didn’t know any better. I’m just now going back to work, pumping was never necessary. Now I’m stuck with the baked pears.

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Tapering down

At the nursery, where he has now spent two mornings, they say that Romeo will drink automatically when he gets thirsty, that’s how it is with all babies. But I think that’s quite a gamble. I have asked them to feed him with a cup if it really doesn’t work out, but that is too labour-intensive.

I don’t see pumping at work, but as long as my baby doesn’t take the bottle, I don’t see any other option. At the shelter he also gets fluids through his fruit snack and he is allowed some water, but milk must remain the main part. How do I safely phase out breastfeeding and get him to accept a bottle?”

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