Introducing the bottle - help please!

[YummyMam]

I am EBF my DD (7 weeks old) and want to start giving her bottles of expressed milk ocassionally so that I can have a life outside feeding. No problem expressing (I have enough milk to feed triplets I think), but DH tried giving her a bottle today and she would have none of it. Any tips for how to get her to accept it. Are some bottles/teats better than others? We tried to give it to her when she wasn't overly hungry, but she still got agitated very quickly.
Would love to have an evening out soon - please help!

[fawkeoff]

what bottles are u using ???? i think the tommee tipee close to nature ones are really good.

[fawkeoff]

and they sell em everywhere

[YummyMam]

Those are the ones we've got - couldn't get her to close her mouth over the teat at all. Which is odd as she will suck on anything when she's hungry. (have a lovely ohoto of her sucking DH's nose). It's as if she knows we're 'up to something'.

[MarsLady]

What about a breastfeeding cup? Someone will be along to say which ones are best.

[yellowfrin]

dd is 12 weeks and we ve been trying to introduce a bottle for the past couple of weeks. The NUK bottles appear to be quiet good. I think perseverance is key. My HV also said its good to give ur Dh ur T shirt (drapped over his shoulder)to comfort her. Not sure if that works as she now tries to eat the T shirt rather than the bottle.

[yellowfrin]

My HV told me to get a doidy cup or use a tea spoon if she doesn't take to the bottle.