Hi, all 
I kind of posted a little about this in a previous thread, but this is a little more detailed and kind of a different side of that issue...
DS2 is 9 1/2 months old...he's always been a peanut - born at 6 lbs 6 oz, and has been in the 1st - 5th percentiles ever since for weight...at his 9 month appt, our ped was concerned over his weight gain, so she has had us starting to add just a bit of formula powder to his ebm...
also, DH is not 100% supportive of my bf'ing...if he had his way, we would have switched him to formula after the first few weeks, like we had done with DS1 and before I educated myself more...
I WOH FT, and DS2 has been going to daycare with his older brother since he was 12 weeks old...he was fairly resistant to the bottle at first, but got used to it quickly...we have always used the newborn flow nipples, although over the last few weeks, DH has been poking holes to allow for faster flow, and now wants me to get the fast flow nipples...I had to fight for it, but we did "delay" solids until 6 months...but right at 6 months, he immediately went to 2x/day at daycare (stupid "regulations" >
), and DH was pushing to make sure he had the 3rd helping at home in the evenings (usually before I got home from work)...
his usual routine is to drink an 8 oz bottle of ebm at daycare in the mornings, but generally he refuses the bottle in the afternoon (from time to time drinks *maybe* 1-2 oz of it)...he has previously nursed fine in the evenings, at night, and in the morning...a majority of the time he is up once a night to eat, sometimes sleeping through and sometimes getting up twice...
he's had a lot going on lately - teething, crawling, having a cold/cough, and generally being interested in everything going on around him...
whew...all that being said, this is my issue:
I think he's on a nursing strike...he cries and arches anytime I try to offer him the right breast, and has even started refusing the left (previously, "righty" was his favorite)...in fact, yesterday he didn't eat from the breast at ALL - completely refused and he only took about 2 oz total at daycare, which is odd in and of itself...and he refused this morning, too, which is when he usually nurses best...he did gulp down a bottle, though...his intake is on the low side to begin with, so I've had to resort to giving him bottles more and more after we try the breast...I'm really getting upset and sad...I know it's common for babies to go through nursing strikes at this age, and I hope that's all this is...but DH is already talking about me having to possibly resign myself to the fact that he may have to be exclusively bottle fed (ebm as long as my freezer/pumping stash lasts - I have a lot frozen, but I don't think it would get us to a year)...
I don't know what I"m looking for, really...any BTDT success stories? What else can I do but offer, offer, offer?? I've tried teething tablets, coaxing, cuddling, etc...should I stop using a binky completely while he's on strike? he's never had an issue with it before...
If you've made it this far, thank you!!
I kind of posted a little about this in a previous thread, but this is a little more detailed and kind of a different side of that issue...
DS2 is 9 1/2 months old...he's always been a peanut - born at 6 lbs 6 oz, and has been in the 1st - 5th percentiles ever since for weight...at his 9 month appt, our ped was concerned over his weight gain, so she has had us starting to add just a bit of formula powder to his ebm...
also, DH is not 100% supportive of my bf'ing...if he had his way, we would have switched him to formula after the first few weeks, like we had done with DS1 and before I educated myself more...
I WOH FT, and DS2 has been going to daycare with his older brother since he was 12 weeks old...he was fairly resistant to the bottle at first, but got used to it quickly...we have always used the newborn flow nipples, although over the last few weeks, DH has been poking holes to allow for faster flow, and now wants me to get the fast flow nipples...I had to fight for it, but we did "delay" solids until 6 months...but right at 6 months, he immediately went to 2x/day at daycare (stupid "regulations" >
), and DH was pushing to make sure he had the 3rd helping at home in the evenings (usually before I got home from work)...his usual routine is to drink an 8 oz bottle of ebm at daycare in the mornings, but generally he refuses the bottle in the afternoon (from time to time drinks *maybe* 1-2 oz of it)...he has previously nursed fine in the evenings, at night, and in the morning...a majority of the time he is up once a night to eat, sometimes sleeping through and sometimes getting up twice...
he's had a lot going on lately - teething, crawling, having a cold/cough, and generally being interested in everything going on around him...
whew...all that being said, this is my issue:
I think he's on a nursing strike...he cries and arches anytime I try to offer him the right breast, and has even started refusing the left (previously, "righty" was his favorite)...in fact, yesterday he didn't eat from the breast at ALL - completely refused
and he only took about 2 oz total at daycare, which is odd in and of itself...and he refused this morning, too, which is when he usually nurses best...he did gulp down a bottle, though...his intake is on the low side to begin with, so I've had to resort to giving him bottles more and more after we try the breast...I'm really getting upset and sad...I know it's common for babies to go through nursing strikes at this age, and I hope that's all this is...but DH is already talking about me having to possibly resign myself to the fact that he may have to be exclusively bottle fed (ebm as long as my freezer/pumping stash lasts - I have a lot frozen, but I don't think it would get us to a year)...I don't know what I"m looking for, really...any BTDT success stories? What else can I do but offer, offer, offer?? I've tried teething tablets, coaxing, cuddling, etc...should I stop using a binky completely while he's on strike? he's never had an issue with it before...
If you've made it this far, thank you!!
