Hello
My 3 month old has suddenly started refusing the bottle. He had taken to the bottle from day 1 because we had issues with latching, so I used to express and give in a bottle. Now 3 months on the latch is fixed so I breastfeed him during the day and usually evenings/nights are when we use the bottle so my husband can feed him too.
This week he was waking up more at night to feed, so we were thinking to give his a bigger bottle feed so he would sleep longer at night. However for the last 2 days we seemed to have gone the other way! I prepare a 100ml bottle for him for starters, but he will only drink half and push the teat out with his tongue. It's completely bizarre! He has never done that before unless he is full. But I know he's still hungry because he's crying for more but he won't take the bottle.. And then I end up breastfeeding him. He barely manages to take 30-50ml from the bottle before pushing it away. Even his sleep patterns are now messed up. Previously he'd only wake up once in the middle of the night, but this week it's been every 2-3hrs on the dot. Any idea why this is? I know they go through a growth spurt at 3 months but I was expecting him to drink more, not reject the bottle completely!
Any advice on what we can do to get him to take the bottle again? Thanks