Please help! My son is 17 weeks (tomorrow) & for the past few weeks has been really crying, sometimes screaming, pushing the bottle away with his hands before I even attempt to feed him. It's been really challenging getting him to accept milk at any time. I've tried decreasing/increasing length of time, amounts, temperature, position and it's just not working.
He will sometimes take it if I use the dummy and quickly switch but not always.
Is this part of leap 4? I don't know what to do! It's exhausting and so stressful. I hate to see him upset when I can tell he's clearly hungry. He cries like he's in pain!
Should I change the formula? We've always used kendamil, thinking of trying aptamil? Have always questioned him on kendamil & whether it's too rich?
Should I consider bottle change? He's always been on MAM and never any issues but is it possible he's changed his mind?
He used to do 180-210 ish every 3 hrs and now I can barely get 60-90 or anything at the 3 hr mark. He takes it much better at the overnight feeds but not always.
Any advice or reassurance that it gets better would be greatly appreciated.