"nursing strike" in a formula/bottle fed baby??

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8mths old.
Gradual increase in solids is on breakfast- ready break, lunch- whatever he manages to get into his mouth, tea- milk feed- with a snack if he wants it.

Has refused to take the bottle for last 5 days. With much fuss takes teat into mouth- but after a few sucks wriggles out.

I 'offer' bottle when he is asleep- manages to take at most 3-6oz at7pm, 9pm,1030pm

Sometime has the boob at night- but hasnt taken it for last 3nights.

Eating fine.

Peeing fine, otherwise well ( persuaded myself he looked a little dehydrated!)- no thrush in mouth.no change in formula. Was breast fed upto 6mths- then gradual onto formula bottles.

so- could this be a form of 'nursing strike'? or 'self wean'- ish ??? any ideas?

I think it is probably self wean, 2 of my 4 dropped milk massively at 7ish months (one FF fed and one BF) they completely self weaned at 11 months! After a few months break they were bot happy to do back to milk drinking.

Personally I wouldn't keep offerening the dream feeds then he may be more inclined to have a bottle/lidded cup first thing in the morning? I think with by non-milk drinkers in part it because they wanted to be big and not babied anymore!

Just make sure you give him plenty of full fat dairy products in his diet instead - youghurts, cheese, milky puds etc.

Thanks CarGirl- he is not that great with cup/etc for water intake during day- so i have kept on this 'dream feed'- stuffing!
but i may need to reconsider.