Any other non bottle takers?

[footloose]

Yes, Peyton has decided to refuse a bottle which makes trying to ever go out impossible. She recently just started drinking from a straw, which is weird since she couldn't figure out the sippy cup. She kept chewing it instead of sucking, maybe the straw seems slightly more like a nipple than the sippy cup?

[haykay13]

Landon decided a couple months ago he was going to refuse the bottle and we haven't had much luck with sippy cups or straws.

I usually give him a little bit of water from a tervis with a lid on it every day, mainly because he tries to grab it when I'm drinking it.

[meggypoo1]

DD hasn't refused the bottle yet but I want her to be able to take a sippy cup too so we have been working on it. She just chews it and gets freaked out when she actually gets some water in her mouth (cutest face ever!). We took a break from it because she has been sick. I have been wondering if she will take it better it formula was in it but I don't want to waste formula!! I think we will try the straw next to see what happens!

[meggypoo1]

That was around the time I was thinking of trying to get rid of the bottle! I'll try the ounce or two! Thanks for the advice!

[sexypumpkin]

I have that problem. He won't take it really.

[emmagk]

DS has never really taken a bottle. He has a straw cup with water at meal times and does great with it. It took a few days for him to figure out the sucking and then a bit longer to get swallowing.

[Deleted]

This kid hates everything but the bottle. But only milk in a bottle.. If you put water or prune juice in he throws a fit. I have a trainer sip cup, a straw cup, a no spill cup and he just chews and throws.

[kendy20]

We just bought a straw cup and DD actually got some water out :-) I mean it then went everywhere because she sucked too much but at least she got the idea, right?

[yogasailmomma]

Mine refuses a bottle, will drink water from a sippy but not breastmilk. I'm over waiting it at this point! I have to go away for 14 hours for a training in 3 weeks and she will be living off water and food and hopefully will take some milk but if not oh well! Luckily she will eat any food you give her so I know she won't starve.

[lissiehoya]

DS used to take a bottle fine, but has been giving DH a hard time with it recently. He's not great with the sippy cup, mostly because he doesn't understand that he needs to tip it back. In going to wash the straw cups we have and let him try that on Monday when I go to the office.

[SpinsOffResonance]

We never tried to give DD a bottle. I've been giving her the sippy for about a month (water during meals). She doesn't get it. Doesn't jnderstand she has to suck on it. So now I give it to her without the valve so the water pours out. Or I let her drink out of a shot glass, she's pretty good at that.

[haykay13]

I started working with DS today on learning to use a straw. I've been using a normal straw and putting my finger on one end to hold the water in and dropping it in his mouth. We did this at breakfast and lunch and he started trying to suck the water out during lunch instead of just biting!!
I think we'll work on it some more this way today and try a straw cup again tomorrow. Fingers crossed this helps him figure it out!

[footloose]

Jan 31, 2015 15:09:37 GMT -5 SpinsOffResonance said:

We never tried to give DD a bottle. I've been giving her the sippy for about a month (water during meals). She doesn't get it. Doesn't jnderstand she has to suck on it. So now I give it to her without the valve so the water pours out. Or I let her drink out of a shot glass, she's pretty good at that.

I do the shot glass with DD too; she is always trying to drink out of my glass and it is way too big for her mouth.

[yogasailmomma]

Jan 31, 2015 18:35:22 GMT -5 pistolpackinmomma said:

Jan 31, 2015 15:14:56 GMT -5 haykay13 said:

I started working with DS today on learning to use a straw. I've been using a normal straw and putting my finger on one end to hold the water in and dropping it in his mouth. We did this at breakfast and lunch and he started trying to suck the water out during lunch instead of just biting!!
I think we'll work on it some more this way today and try a straw cup again tomorrow. Fingers crossed this helps him figure it out!

I never thought about that! I might try that!

That is how I taught my gal to use a straw. Also drinking a smoothie out of one really helped as it doesn't fall back out like water

[Deleted]

I have a questions related to this.

DS just recently started to flat out refuse the bottle.
He will drink out of a sippy cup during breakfast and lunch, but now will only nurse.

So, his milk intake schedule is like this:

4am - nurse then back to sleep

6:30/7am - up for the day, short nurse (I call this a snack) then he gets distracted

8am - good nursing session

Between 8-11am, MIL tries to feed him a bottle, which he adamantly refuses.

9am - breakfast (usually oatmeal mixed with fruit) + sippy cupt with 2 oz BM

11am - noon: I visit on my lunch break. I nurse him 1-2 times (depending on how distracted he is)

12:30pm: Lunch (a few tblsp of some sort of protein, veggies, and whole grains each) + sippy cup with 2 oz BM

2pm: MIL tries to get him to eat a bottle - usually only 4 oz. down for a nap

5 pm: we get home and he nurses

8 pm: nurse to sleep


Thank you if you've read all that.
Does this sound okay? Am I stressing over nothing?

He loves loves loves his food and will eat as much as you will give him and he's very happy.

I'm mainly concerned because in a few weeks I start my new job and it's 30 minutes way so no more lunchtime nursing and I'll be away from him for longer.

tips? words of wisdom?

Thank you,

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Feb 4, 2015 15:38:58 GMT -5 pistolpackinmomma said:

Just have your MIL give sippies of milk instead of bottles? Not a bad problem to have.

Thanks.  I know I'm probably just being overly paranoid.

With his sippy, he loves it but does still spill a lot so it just hurts my boobs to know that he'll be spilling my liquid gold.

My co-worker (older woman with 3 grown kids) said that it sounds like he might be self-weaning.  She's very eastern medicine and believes that in general kids let us know when they are ready for the next stage, we just have to guide them into healthy habits.

He's happy and healthy so I'm probably just worrying too much.

[comicSans]

@usernameedit that sounds fine to me. I've read that bf babies often don't take more than 4oz bottles because the composition changes as their needs change, so if he's doing a 4oz bottle in the afternoon that's pretty normal. If he's nursing well at 8, he probably legitimately isn't hungry again until he sees you at lunch time. If you're not there, he'll most likely take the bottle or sippy eventually. So you'd nurse in the am, when you get home, bedtime, and 4am, and he'd get 2 - 3 bottles while with mil, + 2 oz with meals? Sounds like plenty to me. DD typically nurses 5 times between 7 and 7 and once overnight and only gets water with meals.

[Deleted]

comicSans & pistolpackinmomma - thank you ladies! I feel much better now. I've become quite the worrier since becoming a mama.

[microworm]

I'll have to try that straw trick. Thanks haykay13.

Along those lines, what straw cups have you liked?

[SpinsOffResonance]

@usernameedit that schedule seems fine to me. He probably isn't hungry for that morning bottle if he just nursed at 8am. Maybe just drop it and make sure he gets a good feeding at 11, whether it's from the boob or the bottle. If you drop a bottle and your LO starts waking up at night to eat more often that will tell you he needs more during the day. But as long as he's sleeping as usual at night I say it's fine to drop it.

[Deleted]

I just talked to my pedi's nurse too (I feel like I'm THAT mom). Anywho, she basically said that as long as he gets 24-32 oz per 24 hour period and he is gaining weight and is having good wet diapers, than he can dictate when he has those oz, even if it's only when I'm around.

I feel a lot better... thanks guys! Mommy-ing is HARD!