(Him not me!) ds has had a cold, chest infection and has been teething for the last week and a half (oh joy). since friday he has been refusing his bottle and the only way we can get him to take his milk is when he naps during the day. Basically like a dream feed but during the day.

The amount of food he takes is not a problem, in fact he is eating more than he usually would which is good but it just a bit worrying that he flat out refuses the bottle (but will happily take his dummy )

Anyone had this problem?

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Anyone at all? No? He is over his cold and teething now but still won't go near a bottle unless sleepy.

OK one last try. ANYONE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR DC? HE HAS AN AVERSION TO BOTTLES AND MY BOOBS ARE OUT OF ACTION!

Didn't want to leave you unanswered, but I haven't had that problem. Are you at all worried about him? How old is he? I think you should probably speak to your health visitor if it goes on much longer and you think he isn't taking enough.

Thanks for answering! The amount he's taking isn't actually a prob he's taking a lot more than he usually would weirdly, about 30 ounces a day. The prob is that he will not accept a bottle unless he is sleepy and obviously his naps and hungry times don't always coincide! I don't want him to go longer than 4 hours without feeding really but have occasionally have had to feed him after 6 hours which I think is too long

I know this isn't a major problem because after all he is eating but I think he may have somehow got a negative association with the bottle IYSWIM? Or am I just worrying over nothing? I do that a lot!

How old is he? If he's still quite new I would be a little concerned, but if he's getting towards weaning age then maybe he's just going through an awkward phase. My ds is 14mths and has recently been ill because of his jags and teething - even when he seemed a lot better he was still being funny about his food for a good week after any symptoms disappeared.

LaVie - no one can answer without more information

If he is big he might be quite happt to slug a bottle then leave it for 6 hours, ds1 used to do this all the time. The chest infection may have conincided with a growth spurt leaving him wiped out. How old is he?>

Ds is 6 1/2 months. I'm trying him on solids (well purees) at the mo but he's not really interested yet. He's only started taking this amount of food in the last week (since he started to feel better). He used to have about 23-25 ounces per day which included the dream feed which he no longer has. He just doesn't seem to need it!

I wouyldnt worry.

Don't think there is a lot to worry about, either, LaVie - what does HV say?

well he only put 1 ounce on when i got him weighed on monday, last month he had put 2 1/2 pounds on so she was a bit worried but he's eating now so she's not bothered how he does it as long as he eats! Which is fair enough I suppose!

Thanks for your replies, I think I'm worrying over nothing. What can I worry about now?

Wouldn't worry at the age he is. I stopped getting ds weighed when he was a few months old - you can generally see if they are healthy or not without sticking rigidly to centiles. Don't worry!

Hello, I have no experience of this but only a couple of weeks ago a nursery nurse at my health centre was telling me about a case where a baby would only feed if he was asleep, he had refused to ever feed during waking hours though. She didnt offer a solution, nor a reason, but she did say that both the baby and the mum got through it.
Sorry not helpful but mightmake you feel better that you not the only one?

Hi

You're not alone. My dd3 is exactly the same. My little one is 13 weeks tomorrow and every feed is a battle, unless she is really sleepy. Its very distressing to see your child refuse its feed. We're off to see the paeds on thursday, hopefully he will have some answers.

Hope you get some answers theaevie. Me and dh have decided that as long as ds is feeding ( and he's had 38 ounces today!) then we won't worry.

Thanks to everyone for putting my mind at rest.