Mon bébé refuse le biberon

Hello everyone,

I am in quite a complex situation. I have a baby who will be five months old soon, and I’m returning to work next month. My child has been comfortable breastfeeding from the start and has never taken a bottle. In fact, he took one once, but I was afraid of jeopardizing my breastfeeding, so I stopped right away and postponed it.

For the past week, we’ve been trying to introduce the bottle with my expressed milk, but he refuses. We’ve tried Philips, different nipples, and we’re waiting to test MAM.

I can’t be away from my baby and have someone else look after him. I’m starting to struggle with this mental load, and I’ve even stopped working as soon as I could to help because I feel stuck, even though it was a joy at the beginning. I can’t even put him to sleep without breastfeeding, so I’m the only one doing nights and naps. In short, my life revolves around his, but no longer mine.

Do you have any advice on how to get him to accept bottles so I can return to work? Thank you.