Bottle strike?

belladonna11307

DD is 9 months old and got an ear infection last weekend.  One of the clues was that she didn't take hardly any of her bottles at daycare.  She's on an antibiotic now and doing better, but still isn't taking the same amount of bm she did before.  She nurses with me just fine (nursing for 7-10 minutes every 2-3 hours like always).  I asked DH to ask the DC to skip breakfast (they give her a solid breakfast, lunch, and sometimes a snack in addition to her bottles). Let me first say that DH is generally very awesome and one of the best daddies I know, but...he told them to offer her a bottle before breakfast and not to skip breakfast.  Yesterday was the first day we did that and she's eating better, but still not back to normal.  I hadn't switched to the 6+ nipples yet because she didn't seem to mind the 0-6 nipples, so today I sent her with two 6+ nipples to see if that helps.  Since we figured out that she was sick over last weekend, she's been waking up at least once a night to nurse and I've been letting her to make up for the lost calories during the day.  I know, not the best choice, but I'm worried about her not eating enough.  Could this be a bottle strike?  Any other suggestions as to how to get her back to taking a full bottle at day care?  TIA!

LoCarb

Is she teething? When DD is teething she prefers solids to the bottle. The pedi says this is normal.  Have you introduced a sippy cup?  Maybe the sippy cup will engage her interest and she'll start eating again.

Elocin

Totally agreeing with the PPs. My LO goes through phases. She was sick with a double ear infection, croup, and pink eye (yes, all at once, MISERY) and her eating schedule was so off. We finally had two weeks of normalcy and wouldn't you know? She's starting to cut her top teeth. And these teeth are so much worse than the bottom two! She's back to being super fussy about taking the bottle, not taking the bottle, eating food. DC is back down to only making 4oz bottles because she's been so tempermental about how much she wants.

belladonna11307

Thanks ladies!  I feel better about the situation now.  She may be teething, I have no idea.  People have been telling me she's teething since she was three months old and we still don't have any teeth.  I give her a sippy cup at home, but so far it's a drum stick and teether to her.  If I try to show her she can tip it back to drink she gets mad at me!  I figure she'll experiment and figure it out eventually.