Attitude baby.. anyone, anyone???....

bigbear

Not only is it hell on earth every time I try changing DD, but now we have a battle with putting her in the car seat, giving her the bottle etc. Basically if you go against her will it is a scream fest!

I'm really stumped with the bottle thing. She wants it but then either closes her lips right before or spits the nipple right back out. So it's a struggle to literally stuff the bottle in her mouth and then she eats just fine and loves it. What gives?

Anybody?

Oh I should add, we've checked the nipple size and stage, temp of the formula and all that stuff. So it isn't an issue of equipment LOL

bigbear

HilarityEnsued:

Can you hand the bottle to her and let her put it to her mouth?  DS holds his own bottle most times and I will usually just hand it to him.  This has helped with some of the struggles around feeding.

I tried she won't do it She'll only drink on her own out of her sippy cup BUT only water, she won't do formula. It's really frustrating. I mean she still eats enough but I just wish she didn't stress out about it so much. And me...

 

emnoahmom

Yes! DS fights me about everything. When he refuses his bottle, I say "That's fine" to him and set it on the table and avoid looking at him for a couple moments. I then pick it up and re-introduce it and he usually takes it and holds it himself. It's a bit silly to see this side of his personality:)

bigbear

Hmmm interesting....

I'll try that then lol

bhead81

B is going through this stage as well.  Like the PP said we try to say OK and ignore the behavior for a bit and then try again. 

bigbear

LibraryChica:

DD is like this -- not with the bottle but with changing and eating solids. Lord help you if she runs out of food and you don't instantly have more ready for her -- she screams and tosses her body around. I'm not actually sure what to do at this point. I think I'm going to try sitting next to her until she stops screaming and then giving her more food. I've also started having the sitter give her a snack at 5 so that she's not starving by dinner -- can you give your daughter a snack an hour or so before the bottle? I know DD is better able ti handle the frustration of mommy's failure to feed her fast enough when she's not super hungry. 

LOL! My DD doesn't really have that issue (it did happen a couple of times when she was so hungry that she was pi$sed and was then refusing the bottle) So yes, I do make sure I never let it get to that point. She has 3 solid meals (by that I mean either puree or "real people food") and then she will have about 2 snacks a day as well. Whether it's puffs, more fruit or whatever. So in other words, I don't really know why she's doing it. Your DD makes sense, mine doesn't HAHAHAA