Hi there! I'm new to this forum, and I'm looking for some advice. I have two questions:
First, I am a semi-retired doula, and I've worked with moms on breastfeeding issues numerous times. This one stumps me, though! My own daughter completely stopped accepting a bottle a month ago. We had it easy! She easily interchanged between bottle, sippy, and breast (we breastfed the whole day, but gave a bottle at night, and sippy for small amounts of chamomile and water). For a month now, she completely refuses the bottle and only occasionally will take the sippy for water or breastmilk. Not only does she refuse it, she spits it out while making the "blowing raspberry" sound! It's so cute but very frustrating. Anybody else with this problem?
My second question is: recently I've been looking into wanting to donate my eggs. Had anyone gone through the cycle of "hormone therapy" while breastfeeding? I am currently on Mirena and haven't had a single problem with her not latching or refusing the breast. I'm worried that if I go ahead with it, however, she'll refuse the breast. I want to continue breastfeeding for at least 6 more months (which my family thinks is insane, so I have NO support on that issue). Any ideas... recommendations... thoughts??
First, I am a semi-retired doula, and I've worked with moms on breastfeeding issues numerous times. This one stumps me, though! My own daughter completely stopped accepting a bottle a month ago. We had it easy! She easily interchanged between bottle, sippy, and breast (we breastfed the whole day, but gave a bottle at night, and sippy for small amounts of chamomile and water). For a month now, she completely refuses the bottle and only occasionally will take the sippy for water or breastmilk. Not only does she refuse it, she spits it out while making the "blowing raspberry" sound! It's so cute but very frustrating. Anybody else with this problem?
My second question is: recently I've been looking into wanting to donate my eggs. Had anyone gone through the cycle of "hormone therapy" while breastfeeding? I am currently on Mirena and haven't had a single problem with her not latching or refusing the breast. I'm worried that if I go ahead with it, however, she'll refuse the breast. I want to continue breastfeeding for at least 6 more months (which my family thinks is insane, so I have NO support on that issue). Any ideas... recommendations... thoughts??
We've tried an open cup, and she tries to drown herself! lol She can't quite get the hang of it, but if I use a sippy like the Born Free (bispenol A free with a rubbery mouthpiece), she seems to at least drink a couple ounces with this. Any other ideas...? My son has a dairy allergy so we give him rice and almond milk. She LOVES these (tries to steal his cup) and will easily drink a cupful if we let her (which we don't). I even had to start some fenugreek tea to keep up with her demands (I can't take the capsules, they upset my stomach too much). Even for my hubby, she won't take a sippy at all. I guess I'm a little lost because I feel like we won't be able to celebrate our wedding anniversary until she's at least 4! And with an MS diagnosis in the wings, I can't afford to keep getting up at night.
