My three and a half month old daughter won't take a bottle. My wife is at the office two days a week and those two days are hell. I've tried every type of bottle there is and every type of nipple. I've tried cold milk, warm milk, room temp milk. I've held her facing out, cradling her, in her crib propped up, on the changing table, and in the poppa san. She won't let me put her down and all she does is cry and cry for the 7 hours until my wife gets home. I can't take her to my wife as we only have one car.
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