by Anonymous » Sat Jun 23, 2001 12:30 pm
Our daughter had her lip repaired at four months, and had much the same reaction ... she lived on slightly sloppy porridge for a few days as she wasn't interested in milk - also perhaps, it was a bit sore, so she was avoiding the sucking action..
Why not ditch the bottle all together, if you think she is frightened of the sight of it? My son moved from breast to cup at eight months and never had a bottle, my daughter was mainly fed by syringe, then mead johnson bottle, but went on to an avent feeder cup around nine months or so (sorry, can't remember exactly) This might get over the problem if you think she is just frightened of the sight of the bottle. She can always go back on to a bottle in a week or too if you think she misses it.
Mitchy.