she won't take even the bedtime bottle any more. Yes, I know it's a bottle question, but since we mainly breastfeed here I am.
Before Natalie got her horrible cold a couple weeks ago, she would take a bottle occasionally at bedtime, even if she wouldn't let DH give it to her. I was just about to embark on a program of combined mom and dad bedtime when she got sick, so it was nursing or nothing for over a week. We finally got her back on solids (we'd just started 2 weeks before but suspended them in favor of exclusive nursing while she was sick), and that was no problem, but now as far as she's concerned, the bottle seems to be something for teething and that's it.
Josie did this to us at 8 months THE WEEK BEFORE we were going to start alternating date night with another family and watching each other's kids :x, and I was looking forward to leaving the kids with a sitter, or at least with DH, once in a while for ME or US time. I also wanted to have the option of leaving her with a caregiver for a couple hours a week while I started back to part-time work, since we could REALLY REALLY use the extra income.
(and I could use the break, to be honest....)
Are we stuck at home for bedtimes forever? OK, not forever, but for how long? And given that she keeps waking at 3 hours looking for more food (despite a heavy solids meal AND a good bedtime nursing session - I think it's because she's so gosh-darn active during the day, but I don't see how to stuff any more into her during the day!), we're stuck at home even AFTER she goes to bed.
HEEEEEEEEELLLLLP!!!!!!