Hello
I am traumatised by yesterday's attempt to "starve" ds into taking a bottle (fed 7.15am then tried various bottles throughout the day - gave in at 4.30pm! Poor mite was still smiling, bless him, but that's more than can be said for me..). DD has special needs and was hoping to be able to leave ds for a morning a couple of times a week so I can spend more quality time with her
He will take a teat into his lips but literally does not seem to know to/ or want to suck - and we have tried different size teats, flow rates, vari-flow etc, plus all the usual tricks (have someone else give a bottle, distraction, warming the teat etc) EBM and formula have same reaction.
When I tried a Tommee Tippee free flow he opened his mouth, was smiling, and I think was swallowing a small amount (maybe 10 - 20%?), but was taking ages and huge amounts of wastage / mess. This is probably to be expected given he's only just 4 months
Has anyone had a similar experience who could recommend a cup, or ways to encourage him to take a full feed from a cup? I'm not sure if a vario-flow cup would be better than free flow, given he wasn't keen on sucking on a bottle?
Thanks!