Orange County Breastfeeding Forum
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Try feeding with a bottle when your baby is not too hungry: a hungry baby does not want to learn something new in order to get her food, but stick to what works for her. So feed one breast, then pause and offer the bottle. When offering the bottle, do this as you would offer your breast: tickle the upper lip, wait until she opens her mouth and offer the nipple while pointing to her palate.
Sometimes making the bottle more attractive, or distractive, if you like, it to wrap it in aluminum foil.
If this does not work, you can also try to feed her with a medicine dropper, a sippy cup, a spoon. Maybe you do not get sop much milk in her in a short time, but your baby needs to learn that she can get her food in other ways than on the breast. At least, the little milk she gets this way may be all she needs to wait for you coming back.
Also, consider spending your lunch hour feeding your baby, depending on how far her daycare is from your college. Consider all the possibilities, which may make you feel more relaxed. Chances are that you baby is much more willing to accept a bottle or sippy cup in that case. Or, if she still prefers the breast, she may start to reverse day and night: sleep a lot during daytime and do a lot of nursing when you are home. there are babies who can avoid bottles altogether this way.
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