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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2006, 02:30:47 am »
Hi Janelle,

My DD dropped to 3 bottles of 8ozs at 5months and it worked for us. She also preferred solids over bottles and always has been a great eater. Allow him to have as much solids as he wants but if you fins he is drinking very little at bottle times then you may cut back a little. So this was our routine from 5-8months:

7am - Bottle
8am - Solids
12pm - Lunch
1pm - Bottle
5pm - Solids
6.30pm - Bottle.
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2006, 03:15:27 am »
Janelle... a couple of the tricks I used to get more EBM into Liam when he wasn't bf much when teething.
I had left over feed thickener from when Aiden was a baby with reflux & mixed EBM with it to make a "jelly" & then fed it to him... you could easily do that with formula (feed thickener was bought from the pharmacy - Karicare I think).
rather than thin out Veg with water, use formula.
I think with creativity I managed to get him to take an extra 150mls in solid food
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2006, 03:33:03 am »
If you do find an answer to this problem, please tell me!
Kieran went off his bottle about a month ago, after he had a head cold (so I know it's not teething - no teeth yet) and frankly he's a pain to feed. I think I've tried everything. The only way to get him to feed is basically to pin him down and force the nipple into his mouth. AFter a minute or so of yellng at me he'll eat.
So, after discovering this, I started to feel awful, that I was basically bullying my child. So I decided to let him choose how much he wanted to eat, for a couple of days.
Well, the first day he took 20 oz (including a 6 oz df). The second day he took 16 oz during the day - and we didn't make it to 11pm at the df. He woke screaming hungry at 9, 1, 4 .... I could have strangled him. If he eats when and what I think he should, he sleeps through the night!
So, I've got no choice, really. I have to be a bit of a bully about milk, and I hate doing it. SO if you find the answer - please, please share.
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2006, 01:17:18 am »
Janelle, just came on here with the same problem.  Seems to be an age thing.

Amazing how much I have forgotten!  I can barely rememer what i did and when with Ella :'(

We too are going to space out the bottles first and then maybe drop one if need be.

Let me know how everything is working out for you  :)
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2006, 07:00:25 am »
Well we ended up dropping a bottle and are now on 3.  He takes much more now we have done that.  Neither of my kids have ever been big drinkers though.  I try to get the extra milk into him by mixing it with his solids which he just loooooooves.  Sometimes I can sneak an extra 20 or so mls in just before bed time.  I'm kind of just going with flow and trying not to think about it......now if I could just get the kid to sleep (sigh) ::)
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #20 on: November 03, 2006, 14:55:49 pm »
Quote from: janelle on November 03, 2006, 07:00:25 am
....now if I could just get the kid to sleep (sigh) ::)

Pm me if you need to vent...got the same problem here too >:(
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2006, 18:12:47 pm »
Have you tried giving some milk before then the rest after bath time, I always managed to get more in then  to really tank him up.
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2006, 21:22:10 pm »
I seem to be having the same problem .

7 month lo loves her food and is on 3 meals a day - two courses at lunch and dinner but her milk intake has plummeted. Today she barely made 10oz. I am already down to 3 bottles a day (7am, 3pm + bedtime) and she's on size four teats.

I am trying to make sure her solids diet is balanced and she's getting dairy (yoghurts and cheese). She also loves water so I think she's getting enough liquid.

Am I stressing unnecessarily or should I go with the flow? :-\
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2006, 21:27:50 pm »
Charlottewoo try a faster teat - the avent variable are faster than the avent 4.
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #24 on: November 08, 2006, 11:56:15 am »
We just had a similar problem and the fast nipple was what helped.  I hope everything gets worked out.

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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #25 on: November 08, 2006, 15:07:18 pm »
We went from Avent 4 to Variflow which did the trick for a while..
now we are on Avent 5 (custom made extra hole by mummy!)  ;)
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Re: Won't take bottle, only wants solids!
« Reply #26 on: November 09, 2006, 20:46:20 pm »
Thank you all. Charlotte seems to be back on the bottle a bit more... Maybe she's just getting used to all the food. I will try the variflow too though  :)
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