Bitter Bottle Battles

Twenty-two days ago we reported joyously that Vivienne had taken a bottle, no problem. That was the last we were so lighthearted about the prospect of giving Viv a bottle. With a lot of wailing and body-stiffness, she rejected the very next bottle she was offered. Since then Mom and Curt have been trying daily to offer at least one bottle to Viv. Curt’s latest success (two days ago) came when Vivienne was asleep and didn’t even wake up to eat. She was too tired not to take it, I guess. We have ordered a breast-shaped bottle that supposedly works in some cases. We are not overly optimistic, but we figure it’s worth a try.
This bottle rejection is a BIG problem, because I will be returning to work soon. I have no idea what we are going to do. She is already getting less milk during the day than she needs because she gets so tired pushing the bottle away during these hour-long bottle-rejection sessions that she falls asleep, skipping whatever meal we attempted the bottle. As a result, she has stopped sleeping through the night like she had been. This is going to become a gigantic problem once I return to work. I had been happy because I thought she’d be sleeping through the night by the time I went back to work. We were making such good progress in that department. As it turns out she’ll likely keep us awake all night long once I go back because she will be trying to nurse enough by night to make up for the hours she’ll have starved herself during the day. Advice anyone? We have tried the Medela bottle & silicone nipple, as seen below, along with the latex Playtex NaturaLatch and latex Platex orthodontic nipples. The one she hates the least so far is the NaturaLatch one.