My 14 week old refuses to feed

[Frankie1989]

I have tried all the bottles, all the formula, she has had numbing spray, teething gel, calpol, gaviscon. I have tried feed on demand, 3 hourly 4 hourly. Nothing works She is now on omeprazole which helped for maybe 1 week now things getting progressively worse again. She will not feed. We have a feeding specialist who has given me a cup to try. She screams as soon as the bottle hits her mouth she arches her back, cries, pushes the bottle away, spits it out. Point blank refuses to be fed. What am I meant to do? Has anyone else experienced this?? What could it be?

Has she always been like this? Does she wee and poo normally? How is she staying hydrated?

She wasn't like this until about 6 weeks old, then it started. She wees and poos fine. She stays hydrated because I get her to have the milk eventually, it takes me hours. Once she is feeding she will take it fine. It's the strangest thing.

Ah, my nephew was like this from the word go (refusing to feed) and it turned out that his bowel didn't work properly, so everything was backing up (and he couldn't poo at all). He's able to feed (and poo) normally after surgery, and I just wondered if your DD had something similar, but it must be something different.