Here are some tips to help your breastfed baby take a bottle:
- Have someone else give the bottle.
- Take your baby to a quiet and non-distracting location. A calm environment can have a big impact on a baby's mind.
- Try and give your baby a bottle when he/she is starving so the baby doesn't have the time to think about refusing.
- Move around while feeding the baby.
- Try different bottles or a pacifier.
- Tickle the baby's mouth to encourage an open mouth then bring baby up onto the bottle nipple, aiming the nipple toward the palate."