My friend has a 7 month old baby who is breastfed. She started solids at six months but ever since then, her DD has been cutting back on the amount of milk she is taking and as a result, has slowed right down in her weight gain. My friend has been trying to feed her DD before giving the solids to make sure she isn't filling up on solid food but this doesn't seem to be working.
Last week my friend decided she would try and introduce a bottle of formula so she could see how much milk her DD was taking but baby didn't take to this at all well. As a result, she (DD) has gone on a 'nursing strike' and has refused virually all breastfeeds since last Thursday.
My friend is frantic with worry as she knows her DD isn't taking enough milk (if any at all some days). It isn't the bottle as her baby was taking expressed milk quite happily so it just seems to be the formula.
Her DD is still feeding solids well and my friend isn't trying the bottle anymore but DD still won't breastfeed.
Any advice at all please as I don't know what to say as my DS was bottle fed from six weeks so this is new ground to me.