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Bottle phobia?
« on: April 12, 2006, 08:43:31 am »
Has anyone ever heard of bottle phobia? My lo has A LOT of trouble eatign and while dosc are trying to find a medical cause with out much luck at the mo, my theory rests on a psychological issue...

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Re: Bottle phobia?
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2006, 08:55:47 am »
YaYa
Did you ever try using the sippy, have you ahd any more success getting your Lo to take milk?

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Re: Bottle phobia?
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2006, 09:12:47 am »
I have tried a sippy cup, a free flow one is too fast and he cant work out the non drip one! Nope we havent had any success with milk, am really at my wits end

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Re: Bottle phobia?
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2006, 10:48:49 am »
Hi

I'm curious as to what would make you think this was a bottle phobia - has he had a bad experience with bottle feeding in the past? I think there would need to be some serious trauma for a true phobia to develop. What kind of reaction does he have to the bottle?

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Re: Bottle phobia?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2006, 12:26:03 pm »
For the past 2months he has had everything from candida to lactose intollerance to gastric fl
u, all of which have made him find ity difficult to eat...hes been in a lot of pain so i imagine he thinks the bottle it to bklame...