Daycare bottle refusal

Re: Daycare bottle refusal

• Jelainey24 member

  July 2014

  I posted a bit ago about my little guy taking forever to eat at daycare, so I would say it's normal. Likely not the bottle, but the person feeding him. Daycare hasn't mentioned anything about his slow eating since the first week (it's been 3 weeks now) and he has been eating more there as well. 

  
  

  I also don't breast feed at all anymore, so that might play into this as well?

  
  

  Maybe have your hubby feed her a bottle so she can get used to someone else feeding her a bottle?

  

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• usernewname member

  July 2014

  Normal.
  
  The biggest things that children take a while getting used to is eating sleeping and pooping in new environments.
  
  Just have to get used to the new people new noises new things. And completely normal to be hungry at home as they will need to catch up.

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• apinkpelican member

  July 2014

  I'm so worried about this but think it's normal. LO won't take a full bottle and screams bloody murder. I think I'm going to have my mom come over for a full day and have a bottle boot camp. It's really frustrating. Poor DH gets so upset when she won't take one from him. I'm sure dc has seen it all though and will help her transition.

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• sarag0116 member

  July 2014

  I'm sorry. Yesterday was DS first day. Daycare called me at 11 bc all he would do was cry and refuse to eat. So I went during lunch to nurse him (something I cannot do everyday). Today he did better but not great.

  
  

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• Nikkipal82 member

  July 2014

  Sorry folks are going through this. My DD is not at daycare, but being cared for at our house. I work 2 or 3 12 hour shifts per week, and she is flat out refusing a bottle. She went all day Saturday and all day today without eating for 15 hours. I nurse her before I go and right when I get home, but it's still so long! Saturday DH brought her up to my work so I could nurse her once, which was better, but not something we can do regularly. We are now trying syringes, cups, and spoons, none of which has worked great. I called the lactation consultant at work today, and she recommended finger feeding with an SNS, so I ordered one from amazon. Pedi said that since her weight gain is good, they aren't too worried, just to keep trying, but I am hysterical by the end of the day imagining my little girl so hungry. Sorry for the long reply-- I don't think this is typical. I think kids at daycare sometimes take a couple of weeks to adjust, and most feed just fine. My girl seems to be particularly stubborn.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

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• Marcella05 member

  July 2014

  Sounds kinda like reverse cycling - eating less during the day (at daycare) and waiting to be with mom to take in the bulk of his/her calories.

  
  

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• yepyepsms member

  July 2014

  Thanks all. She ate two ounces in five hours today so hopefully that's progress:) otherwise I might need to get used to the idea of no sleep for a while.

   

  

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