What to do if baby chokes on bottle or pacifier?
My 6 month old daughter is breastfeeding (I'm the Dad btw) but cannot take a bottle or pacifier because they trigger a gag reflect. But she can't go to work with her mother much longer, so breastfeeding will be out.
What can we do to resolve this? We're not concerned about the pacifier so much as the bottle. Different nipples have had no effect, and it doesn't seem to be the contents of the bottle - the moment the nipple is in there, she chokes.
She is normal size, even quite large, btw.
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I had similar problem with my daughter at that age. In our case we solved it by cup feeding. She could sort of 'lick' the milk from the cup and this way I could feed her. I had to be patient - it's slow process and takes practice. But major advantage is that feeding this way does not mess up child's ability to breastfeed effectively so it does not impact lactation as bottles and pacifiers do. So you can train that in parallel with breastfeeding.
Also, six months is old enough to start with Baby Led Weaning. I can recommend from our own experience. You can start very slow, while still breastfeeding and add different meals over time without risk of gag reflex or choking.
Hope this helps and good luck!
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