We have been giving my dd one bottle a day of formula since she was 3 weeks old. For a while now we have been giving it to her at bedtime, so we can switch off bedtime duties between her and my ds. This week she has decided she is not too sure about the bottle. Granted we have been away from home for almost 2 weeks (at the beach, at my parents), but she has never given us much trouble with the bottle. On Monday night she didn't want it, but we figured her tummy was bothering her (she has reflux). Tuesday we went to Sesame Place and she stayed home with daddy. Well, she screamed almost all day and wouldn't take the bottle for hours on end. She nursed fine when I got home. For 2 nights she was okay, still seemed a little unsure about it, but did take the bottle. Well, yesterday was my brother's wedding, and she was staying with my in-laws, along with ds. I called after the wedding, and she was refusing to take the bottle. Everytime they put it in her mouth she screamed. So, 4.5 hours after the previous nursing session we went over I nursed her, and we TOOK HER TO THE RECEPTION! Ahh! So, much for a night out. I didn't know what else to do. This morning when she got up I gave her a bottle, and she took it. She pushed it around in her mouth for a while, before she did, but at least she didn't scream. What is going on with this? Intermittant refusing of the bottle? But 2 times this week, I gave her a bottle and she was fine. I thought they didn't like it when mommy gave a bottle? Do you think this is a stage? I need to know that I can leave her with someone, and that I am not going to have to rush back and feed her. Ahh!
-Nicole
-mom to Carson 1/17/04
-Emily 5/2/06