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Follow up to baby refusing bottle drama yesterday

kpowerswkpowersw
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Thanks for your insight yesterday on my on-going struggles with my daughter refusing the bottle at daycare.  I ended up having a BAD conversation with the director at her current daycare where she told me it was our resistance that was causing the problem and that I needed to realize it wasn't about me...it was about our daughter.  She went on to say I had to get a doctor's note saying it was OK for her to keep attending the school if she wasn't eating.  Then when I picked her up I got another "we didn't have time to keep trying to feed her since she wasn't eating anyway" from the teacher in her room.  Thankfully she did get 6 1/2 oz down total though. 

So as you can imagine we're pulling her out of that place.  I visited another place where I put everything out there about DD and what we were and weren't willing to do (ex. I want to keep nursing in the morning and at night, not switch every feeding to a bottle but I will buy some of every bottle ever made if that will help) and they were very open and comforting.  I know no place is perfect but feeling like the teachers in the room like babies, even difficult ones, and having a supportive director goes a long way!         

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  • rssnlvrrssnlvr
    Ugh, I'm so sorry. That other place sounds horrendous. I'm glad you learned that super early on and that your daughter will now be going some place that will take better care of her!
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  • mrs.wildmanmrs.wildman member
    WOW. I've never heard of a daycare being so resistant to parent feeding choices, and I'm sorry that you had to have that conversation. It shouldn't have come to that.
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  • el_twirpoel_twirpo member

    i just can't believe that in ALL the years those teachers have been with babies in a daycare setting that they've NEVER come across a baby who refuses the bottle. clearly, there are many of us struggling with this issue, so it's not like your daughter's an isolated incident.

    i'm sorry you've had to deal with the director and teachers who aren't caring and understanding.  

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    imageel_twirpo:

    i just can't believe that in ALL the years those teachers have been with babies in a daycare setting that they've NEVER come across a baby who refuses the bottle. clearly, there are many of us struggling with this issue, so it's not like your daughter's an isolated incident.

    i'm sorry you've had to deal with the director and teachers who aren't caring and understanding.  

    Seriously!!  One of the things that bugs me the most is they were making me feel so guilty about it.  I was starting to feel like we were freaks...especially since it seemed like everyone's elses story ended with "but she took it fine the second day...".  :) 

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    imagekpowersw:
    Seriously!!  One of the things that bugs me the most is they were making me feel so guilty about it.  I was starting to feel like we were freaks...especially since it seemed like everyone's elses story ended with "but she took it fine the second day...".  :) 

    ugh. the guilt is ridiculous. i'd gotten comments from co-workers and one of the assistants that questioned whether DS had even been introduced to a bottle before. seriously, i wasn't stupid enough to send my kid to daycare never having touched a bottle before. 

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