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July 2013 Moms
Stina2012
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Help! Broken Bewbs and Sippy Cup Refusal
Stina2012
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Someone just shoot me now.
My supply is dwindling and I would fucking LOVE LOVE LOVE to be done breastfeeding. But guess who's been refusing sippy cups at school and also on the weekends?
Fuuuunnn. What the fuck do I do? We just had our second meltdown of the day because she was thirsty. She completely refused her sippy, a straw cup or my water bottle.
My supply is dwindling and I would fucking LOVE LOVE LOVE to be done breastfeeding. But guess who's been refusing sippy cups at school and also on the weekends?
Fuuuunnn. What the fuck do I do? We just had our second meltdown of the day because she was thirsty. She completely refused her sippy, a straw cup or my water bottle.
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Re: Help! Broken Bewbs and Sippy Cup Refusal
Have you tried conventional baby bottles? I know it's late in the game to have to go through the ordeal of introducing one and then phasing it out a few months later, but so long as she's getting fluids, maybe it's worth while?
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Monster Truck (It's a GIRL!) is due 19/02/2015!
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Monster Truck (It's a GIRL!) is due 19/02/2015!
Also, tantrums at this age. What do you do? I consider this a tantrum because I offered multiple ways to get fluid and she refused all of them because she would rather have a boob. I let her tantrum while I put away the groceries and just ignored her. This damn refusal!
Monster Truck (It's a GIRL!) is due 19/02/2015!
Oh, the doctor said to give watery fruit. So I've been doing watermelon, pineapple and kiwi for lunches. Gave those tonight for dinner to get her more hydrated.
When Ben is teething, he only drinks 8-10 oz. I offer milksicles in those mesh teethers. That ways he gets hydrated, his teeth feel better and he I'm not fighting him on a sippy.
Baby boy 7.10.13
I will try the cucumber, thanks!
I've read that babies 10-12 months should be fed 6-8oz of milk 3-4 times per day. So as crazy as it seems, if she is drinking 6 oz at DC and 6 oz twice from your boobies, she's right on track for what she needs. That doesn help you with ending nursing though.
I am not still nursing, but I have had friends who had kids who were really attached to nursing and refusing the sippy. They stopped nursing all together. They weaned by pumping, but on the child's first birthday eve, they nursed for the last time (you can obviously do it sooner.) It took about two days for the kids of minimal drinking and high fussiness before the kids adapted. I'm sure those two days were rough, but they all got through.
Fwiw, we dropped the bottle by taking it from DC first. B wouldn't drink at DC, because he was waiting to drink from the bottle. He had one day where he only drank 3oz at DC and made up for it at home with the bottle. Now that he only gets sippies, he has no problem drinking from them whenever he is thirsty, because he isn't trying to wait it out and kind of reverse cycle.
I do know that Ben drinks less from sippies when he is going through a developmental milestone and when he's popping a tooth. I hope she starts taking the sippy again soon.
Baby boy 7.10.13
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I hope something works for you! >:D<