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About The Bottle
Aversion OT
Occupational Therapist Msc
I’m Beth, an Occupational Therapist and mum of one. I completed my Master’s in Occupational Therapy at Leeds Beckett University and have spent the last 8 years working in the NHS in adult services. My practice now focuses on infant feeding and early development, alongside my NHS role. I'm so glad you're here! I’d love to share a little about how this work began, what inspired it, and why I care so deeply about supporting families in this space.
Bottle aversion is common and can feel incredibly distressing for both you and your baby. I’m passionate about helping parents and caregivers overcome aversion because it is often minimised or misunderstood. Many families are told ‘this is just normal baby behaviour’ or 'just keep doing what you're doing' by people who genuinely mean well, including friends, relatives, and sometimes even professionals who haven’t seen the full picture. But when you are the one living it, you know something isn’t right.
This is a new and growing service, developed because so many families struggle to find support for bottle aversion and there are very few services offering structured, evidence‑informed guidance. My work exists to bridge that gap. I validate your instincts, help you understand what is going on, and support both you and your baby with a calm individualised plan. I use a clinical framework designed to help babies accept the bottle safely and gently. No stretching out feeds. No “wait until they’re hungry enough.” No limiting offers. No pressure‑based strategies that make everyone more stressed.
I help you understand the root cause of your baby’s refusal so you can respond with confidence rather than guesswork. The approach I use is about rebuilding trust from the bottom up, helping babies feel safe again and creating feeding moments that don’t feel like a battle. My work is all about laying the foundations for calm, connected feeding. For you and your baby.
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Our Story
It all started with reflux.
Then a tongue‑tie, and when things didn’t improve, we found ourselves back for round two.
Then the endless parade of bottles and teats that promised miracles and delivered… absolutely nothing.
We had the full bingo card: Countless GP appointments, A&E trips with wheezing episodes, CMPA symptoms that made no sense at the time, and a baby who coughed and spluttered through every single bottle.
And the support?
Let’s just say it was… limited.
Lots of “he’ll grow out of it,” “this is normal baby behaviour,” and my personal favourite:
“No, we don’t need to refer to Speech and Language Therapy.”
Seven months.
Seven months of feeding struggles, colic, crying (both of us), ruined maternity leave and feeling like the walls were closing in because leaving the house meant risking a feed in public.
I feared every bottle.
Every feed felt like a countdown to disaster.
And eventually, of course, it all led to bottle aversion.
Because how could it not?
He was overwhelmed. I was overwhelmed. The whole thing was a pressure cooker.
That experience is the reason I do this work now.
Not because I read it in a textbook, but because I lived it.
I know what it feels like to be unheard, to be scared, to feel like you’re missing something obvious, and to wonder why feeding, the most basic, essential thing, feels impossible.
And I also know it absolutely doesn’t have to stay that way.
I grieved my feeding relationship and early bonding, and I'm committed to helping other parents so they don't have to face that alone.
