[Q&A] Methods to teach my kid get feed with the bottle

Question: Hi Doctors,
I have a baby boy, now turn 10 months old. Since last week, he refused to get feed with the bottle and only wanted to get direct breastfeed. I have tried to teach him using the training cup, sippy cup in order to get feed but the problem is, he still refused to use any of it.
I tried to slow talk with the babysitter to help me by feeding my son by using syringe/spoon/cup, and she said that it is quite hard since my son doesn’t cooperate well.
My problem is, I seriously don’t know what other method that I can do for him. The good thing is, he still wants to eat like normal and don’t have problem on that. Do you have any idea on this problem?
Appreciate that. Thanks in advance.

Answer: this would require a lot of patience :). If he eats well and growing as expected , I would not worry since he’s 10 months old and by now his milk intake would gradually decrease as his solids intake has increased . More often than not , babies refuse as they know their mom would give in finally . You may want to try it strictly if you insist of not wanting to give breastmilk directly , but better to be done on days where you could be with him all day. He is too young to be disciplined but you could coax him in other ways such as applauding when he does take via other method. This need to be continued. If you do half day and the next day it is not done , you are unlikely to see results. It’s difficult to rely on others to do this for you.


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