Around 5 days ago, coinciding with a bout of teething and a minor cold, my 11month old son, who has been exclusively bf, started to fuss about feeding.
After a couple of fussy feeds he simply would not latch on at all and became very irritated/upset when I tried (in lots of ways) to encourage him back on.
My instinct is that he's had enough breastfeeding and the HV seems to agree.
I offered warm cows milk on the second day in desperation as I felt he was thirsty at bedtime and he drank it hungrily.
I tried formula the next day (having flukily some in the cupboard) and he had only a few sips.
Since then I've offered Aptamil, slightly warmed, three times a day, in the very basic Tommee Tippee cup, which he can drink water from easily so I thought it best rather than a bottle.
However, he has pretty much rejected every cup offered and I'm trying not to panic! He has a great diet and eats three hearty meals a day - l,ots of cheese, yoghurt, etc. I'm also using formula on his cereal etc. now.
Please advise!!!!!!! I'm ready to move on from bf, and had planned to soon, even though this is rather sudden!
Should I:
- accept that he's not interested in drinking milk any more (has rejected warm cows milk too) and just put it in his food
- Skip formula which he pulls a face at when he sips and go for cows milk which has been marginally more successful as he's 4 wks away from being 1
- Plough on with formula even though stressful and worrying when he has NONE
Help! I know it's not a huge deal, but I'm at a loss, having been merrily bf the whole time till now. 