here we go again :)

[kikoz]

Hi

We ve been on the 3 bottle schedule for sometime and its been working well until recently.... she is back to refusing the bottle - the 3 of them- all together!

so she wakes up - after almost 12 hrs of sleep- I offer bottle... all she takes is 1 oz!!! I give her a chance after half an hour, and that usually did work for she took at least another 3 oz, now she totally refuses it.

here is how it goes:

wake up 7 :00
bottle - I try at 7:10 (1oz) again at 7:40 ... no luck
breakfast 8:00 - (I try to add formula here)

wake from first nap
around 12 pm- lunch
bottle before second nap around 2:30 - we are only getting 1 or 2 oz here also... this was a full bottle of 5 to 6 oz.

5/530 diner
7/730 bottle ... 1 oz!!! again...

thank God she loves her solids...

My MIL said that all of her children refused the bottle at 6 months and she had stopped the milk then!!!!!...
and as you may remember, i have tried to up teats, and teething gel before- she is not teething tho this time-ets

maybe i should start switching solids and bottle?... my lo is 9.5 months.

thanks for your valuable advice

[NicolleD]

Will she take it from a sippy cup?

[kikoz]

I ve tried sippy cups, with water, for a while but she doesnt seem into them... she takes water from the bottle very easily.... she loves to chew/drink from plastic cups...but i think she ll just spill it all over...
maybe i should try a sippy again... I tried the hard tips and the silicon tips...do you recommend any specific tip thats easy for her take?

[~Emma~]

When you say this happened before what was the cause?

 DS always refused bottles when he was teething but it was always short lived. Just a thought. 

[kikoz]

Hi Emma, yeah good point this always happened when lo was teething... I dont feel she is teething now tho, for usually there is also a LOT of drooling involved and NWs of pain...i m not sure.
it was never as bad also... lo was never high on milk needs, even on breast she was very fussy...
I feel that she is the type that just dont like milk! I ve changed from similac to bebelac once, but it didnt make any difference... maybe i should try a different brand again...
maybe its just a phase ( quite long though) again...
I ll try teething gel anyway today...

thank you ladies for your thoughts

[~Emma~]

Perhaps its just movement underneath the gums? I was always duped into thinking DS was ready to drop bottles or hated his formula and evrey time it was always teeth! I personally wouldn't go changing formula again if its not causing any digestive upset.

 Def try the gel and perhaps some Calpol too? 

[kikoz]

Yes it won't harm I will... Gel was never that effective, I have calpol at home shud I just give it her before the 3 feeds by 15mins? And how much?

[~Emma~]

It should tell you on the bottle how much to give and yes I would give it about 20/30 mins before a feed and see if it makes a difference. 

[kikoz]

I ll try it tonite, will keep u posted thx X

[kikoz]

Ok so, last night I have to admit I chickened out and couldn't give her calpol for I thought I did nt want to give meds for no reason beside pain.
But ended up with 1oz feed again. This morning I gave her gel, it seemed like it helped but she ended up taking 3.5oz within an hour interval.
She had a runny noise during the day, obviously teething... So I gave her gel abd calpol before her 2nd bottle, it didn't help and actually got her very sleepy...
Sorry I hate being a pain when help is offered to me but lo gets really difficult with her bottles when teething.
At least I'm sure its the teething again! Maybe I shud just ride it out like everytime? Thks for ur thoughts

[~Emma~]

(((((hugs))))))

 There's not much more you can do other than medicate and ride it out. It will pass and she will make up for it when she feels better. 

 

[kikoz]

Thank u loads xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx