(cross-posted in Life with a Babe)
Hi all! TIA for your experience/feedback.
I am away from my 5.5 month old baby and in the office (or on my commute) from 7:00 - 6:00 each day. My MIL watches her while my wife and I work. She (very consistently!) eats four 4-oz bottles of expressed breast milk while I'm away, and I typically nurse her at 6:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. (bedtime nurse to sleep) and once during the night, usually around midnight-ish. Fridays - Sundays she nurses.
Well, this morning my MIL called, concerned, at 11:15 and said she had only eaten 2 oz of milk so far. She's gone on bottle strikes before, but that was right when we first started bottles. I do think she may have eaten more than usual this morning, because when I went to pump this morning at work, I got about 2 oz less than usual.
I told MIL not to be worried, but of course now I'm second-guessing myself. Lol. DD will be okay if she goes on a bit of a strike today, right? :-) MIL has tried feeding her in every position, and even out of her sippy cup (which she usually loves) but apparently the mouth is clamped shut, and she is fighting her usual late-morning nap, too.
I guess I'm just looking for reassurance. I'm thinking it can probably be chalked up to teething or some developmental thing, but I hate the thought of my baby being hungry while I'm away...
Thanks, all!
