I am offering bottle after breast feeding every time, which is what the doc wants me to do. So far, he has not taken it at all.
He will take the bottle when he is hungry and have a good guzzle, taking about 80mls. After 80mls he will either slowly drink to about 140mls or, if it is a bad day, flat refuse to have anymore. On a really bad day he will only drink 50ml from a bottle. Hardly sustainable!!
And so far he has refused formula - spits it out and cries his heart out.
As for the plan of offering bottle after each feed, I doubt he will ever take it. On a good day, he is just going to spend longer at the breast and fill up there. On a bad day, when he rejects the breast he will always reject the bottle as well. Our problem is finding out WHY he rejects food... the solution is not just to offer more food... it's not going to change the problem.
Maybe he will prove me wrong? Will give it a week before I get the doctor to think up another option.
Somehow I feel the only way to get help is to put him on 100% bottle so I can say "Look - he's only drinking 80ml per feed, when he should be having 150ml at the very least." Otherwise I just get the old "well, maybe he is just efficient" argument when I KNOW that is not what is happening here.
I wish it were as simple as him doing well on the bottle. If that were the case I would change in a heartbeat.
Ramble away!!!
I'm sure you have but did you try teats with a faster flow if he likes the letdown so much?
I hope things work out for you
Oh and Sophia likes her bottle on the warmer side too!
Good luck with solids also...Sophia loves hers!!!
Yep. He is definately better on a faster flow teat, but I don't think we could go any faster than we are already. He likes the bottles warm too! Won't drink it cool - we have to rewarm a couple of times during a feed.
Crazy thing is, after the initial go we have to jam the bottle in his mouth, wrestling with him. Sometimes just a tiny taste and he will start drinking again, other times he definately doesn't want it. Surely that is not normal?!?
It's great having everyone's support here. It is quite lonely process, actually.
If I remember correctly, you burp him after every 50mls and then it is difficult to get him back on?
Now i know wind issues are not much fun but have you tried (of course you have but just incase) not taking him off to burp until he lets you know he is finnished ? Sophia no longer has a burp stop because the milk is slightly cooler and will not take it again and she also thinks, Oh i am no longer "starving" so I do not need to take more. Her burps rattle the windows and she spills a bit but i find it better than you not drinking.
I discovered this system when we had issues when she was 10 wks old and we were changing from breast to bottle and she refused to feed more than 50mls (burping stop)
Sophie was similar - if we took her off to burp them she didn't want to go back on, she would get so cross . Some babies are a lot happier if you let them take the lead woth when to stop. There was a tread on this a while ago ... I will see if I can dig it up.
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. Some babies are a lot happier if you let them take the lead woth when to stop. There was a tread on this a while ago ... I will see if I can dig it up.
