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Help! Going back to work and baby refusing bottle and going to bed late...

mrsfaz2bemrsfaz2be member
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I am going back to work in less than 3 weeks and DS all of the sudden has started to refuse the bottle.  He is BF but I have been giving him one bottle a day (usually in the morning).  The past week he only takes about 2 ounces.  The past 2 days he refuses all together! Today he cried and cried from hunger but would not take the bottle even after I tried, DH and DS1 tried. I held off from nursing him and then after 2 hours gave in.  What should I do? I am petrified to go back to work and him not eating at daycare.

The second issue I have is that he will not fall asleep for the night before 11pm.  He sleeps great...until 730 or 8 if I do not wake him earlier.  However I will need to be up at 545 when I go back to work so 11pm will not work.  Any ideas on how to get LO to go to sleep earlier?

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  • WasNotWasWasNotWas member
    Have you tried the next size nipple flow? He might be frustrated he's not getting enough fast enough
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  • mrsfaz2bemrsfaz2be member
    He wont even latch on to give it a chance..:( He just plays with the nipple and spits it out...
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  • mrsfaz2bemrsfaz2be member
    DS is 9 weeks old.  He is as pleasant as can be lately (seriously, my DS1 was exact opposite). It seems like he is starting to really know who I am watching my every move. I am worried he wont take the bottle again! He naps on and off all day long, literally.  I may need to pay more attention to his evening naps and try and keep him up?? He literally eats, stays up for a bit then back asleep 40 min to an hour and this goes on all day long. 
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  • Megan32290Megan32290 member
    Sometimes I have to leave the room before DD will take a bottle from DH. If she sees or smells me, she wants the boob over the bottle. Other days she takes it no problem.
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  • musicalsilvermusicalsilver member
    My LO was the same way.  The week before we started daycare he started refusing the bottle.  He'd just play with the nipple, and not latch, and then start screaming bloody murder about the injustice of it all.

    I didn't have any luck getting him to retake the bottle before daycare started - but by midway through his first day of daycare he gave in and took the bottle.  It's taken him three weeks of daycare to even consider taking a bottle from me on the weekends, and it's still a struggle for us even though he does okay at daycare now.

    So I'm no help really - but just know that even if you can't get it to work out - they daycare providers are generally pretty experienced with dealing with this exact situation!
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  • manmooneimanmoonei member
    I am going through the same thing. I just started sending him to daycare before going back to work so that I can feel more comfortable when it is time. First day was no problem, second day he took just a little bit and hasn't accepted the bottle since. I have introduced it since he was 2 weeks old with no problems. I have changed bottles and nipples with no luck. I thought maybe something happened at the daycare, but they played me a video of his stay there on Friday and nothing really caught my eye. They tried again today with no luck and so did my husband. I tried to put him on the boob then give it to him, he immediately recognizes the difference and starts screaming bloody hell. I go back to work on monday and I have no idea what to do!! 
    They suggested at the daycare to keep trying, but I think I am gonna give him a break for a week with no bottles at all to see maybe he will forget whatever it is that made him stop taking it! 
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  • iggles09iggles09 member
    I had the same problem with the bottle. Here is what I tried.

    First - I did a dream feed with the bottle. She did great. Took multiple bottles that day. The next day - refusal again. I eventually had to feed her while rocking her and using white noise from a hair dryer to get her calm enough to take the bottle. Had to do this twice. After that she has taken a bottle from anyone and everyone any time offered. I know that a lot of times they say babies won't take them from mom but in my case she began only associating me with feedings and I think needed me to feed her.

    As far as staying up too late. I would wake him up early in the day and start getting him used to being up early. This might help move his bed time up earlier. Like if you ultimate goal is 6am or something, start by moving wake up time up by 30 min or so each morning this weekend. Also - if you need to get him down earlier, try to not let him nap late at night or get him to do some activity like tummy time that uses a lot of energy. That way he is good and tired when you try to put him down earlier.
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