Daycare and EBF baby...

Meg&Austin

So dd started daycare yesterday. She ate a total of 6 ounces yesterday. 3- 2 oz bottles. Then ate with me right before and a lil after daycare totalling 6 feeds. Todayshe ate at 2 am, 630, 945 2 oz, they had to wake her at 130 and she ate 3 oz, ate with me at 430, 6 and prprobably one more time before bed which will put her at 7 feedings....

Is this maybe her settling in to daycare and I should give it a little time or ask them to try and keep her more stimulated to finish a bottle or wake her more often or trust that she will eat when she is hungry? When we did practice bottles she would take 3 or 3.5 oz. Any suggestions?

sarag0116

I would talk to the provider and see why she's not eating more.  Truth be told though, daycare is a MAJOR adjustment.  When my daughter went, even though we had practiced 1 bottle a day, she struggled with having continuous bottles as opposed to being breastfed.  She got it but it took a couple weeks to iron it all out. 

Meg&Austin

They said its bc she falls asleep the minute the nipple goes in her mouth.

sarag0116

Maybe she's just overstimulated from all the babies in there and is going into shut down mode.  Give her some time to adjust.

Meg&Austin

Kinda what I was thinking I guess if its still going on n a week or two then ill talk to them
About trying their best to get her to eat more.