hey ladies!
i need some advice. i've been EBF since ds was born (he's now 10 wks). and i'm so proud of us for making it this far. he latches on great (now), and nurses like a champ despite my overactive letdown issue. shoot, even when he chokes b/c he's taken in too much, he's still eager to get back on and eat.
he's already gained 2x his birth weight, so he's eating well. 
my problem is that he won't take a bottle.at.all. now i'm back at work, and he's at daycare (well my SAHM friend is watching him for us), and he just won't eat. we started at 4 wks offering him a bottle b/c there were times that i had to leave the house without him, and i wanted him to still be able to eat. dh has always given the bottle, and while he was never good at eating with a bottle, he has eaten. we didn't offer the bottle regularly. i would make a bottle 3x a week for dh to give him while i did what i had to (i was gone for the most 2-2.5 hrs...i teach a class at the gym, and could not bring him). occasionally dh would give him the bottle, and he would try to eat from it, but most of the time he would just keep ds pacified until i got home and fed him.
well 2 sundays ago we had ds baptism, and i was in a dress that i knew i would not be able to feed him in, so i brought a few bottles with us (we were going to lunch afterward). he wanted NOTHING to do with them. wouldn't even try to eat. he fussed a bit at the beginning, but then i put him to sleep after seeing he was not going to eat. when he woke up during the baptism he was fine (smiling and everything). we tried to offer him the bottle again in the car going to the restaurant - still nothing. at the restaurant i wore him, and he was asleep. when we got home, it was about 6 hrs out from when i fed him that morning. he didn't cry, but i could tell when i finally nursed him that he was very hungry.
i've bought several different bottles/nips and he doesn't seem to want any of them. i spoke to my friend who is the one who will be watching him during the day a little while ago, and he's only eaten 3/4oz in 6.5 hrs. i don't know what to do...
anyone have any advice/suggestions for me?
i need some advice. i've been EBF since ds was born (he's now 10 wks). and i'm so proud of us for making it this far. he latches on great (now), and nurses like a champ despite my overactive letdown issue. shoot, even when he chokes b/c he's taken in too much, he's still eager to get back on and eat.
he's already gained 2x his birth weight, so he's eating well. my problem is that he won't take a bottle.at.all. now i'm back at work, and he's at daycare (well my SAHM friend is watching him for us), and he just won't eat. we started at 4 wks offering him a bottle b/c there were times that i had to leave the house without him, and i wanted him to still be able to eat. dh has always given the bottle, and while he was never good at eating with a bottle, he has eaten. we didn't offer the bottle regularly. i would make a bottle 3x a week for dh to give him while i did what i had to (i was gone for the most 2-2.5 hrs...i teach a class at the gym, and could not bring him). occasionally dh would give him the bottle, and he would try to eat from it, but most of the time he would just keep ds pacified until i got home and fed him.
well 2 sundays ago we had ds baptism, and i was in a dress that i knew i would not be able to feed him in, so i brought a few bottles with us (we were going to lunch afterward). he wanted NOTHING to do with them. wouldn't even try to eat. he fussed a bit at the beginning, but then i put him to sleep after seeing he was not going to eat. when he woke up during the baptism he was fine (smiling and everything). we tried to offer him the bottle again in the car going to the restaurant - still nothing. at the restaurant i wore him, and he was asleep. when we got home, it was about 6 hrs out from when i fed him that morning. he didn't cry, but i could tell when i finally nursed him that he was very hungry.
i've bought several different bottles/nips and he doesn't seem to want any of them. i spoke to my friend who is the one who will be watching him during the day a little while ago, and he's only eaten 3/4oz in 6.5 hrs
. i don't know what to do... anyone have any advice/suggestions for me?
