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Baby completely refusing milk at 7 months

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tghuman1 · 24/11/2024 12:25

We have a 7 months baby. She is bottle fed. In her first 1 or so month, she was bottle fed Aptamil bottle (non-powder/liquid). The doctors diagnosed her having silent reflux and it was extremely hard for her to feed. Based on the doctor's advice, we switched to Aptamil Anti Reflux formula (which is thicker). Since then, and until today, we have been using anti reflux formula with lactlose per the dr's advice to fight the constipation. She doesn't seem to have reflux any more.

All of a sudden, she completely rejects the Aptamil Anti Reflux / bottle. We changed bottles, nipple flows, temperatures, locations, positions, but she just keeps rejecting even starting (once she smells it, she turns her head away). We tried switching from aptamil anti-reflux to aptamil liquid and separately kendamil liquid. She has a hard time with completely liquid milk but she drinks a little bit although she looks uncomfortable when drinking (plus this will potentially cause her to get a reflux). We can only get her to drink two times a day now when she is sleeping. She eats 2 times solid food per day.

It is getting very stressful for us not knowing when or if she can drink milk normally now.

What could be the cause of this new behaviour? What's advisable for us now to do? Have anyone over here had this type of situation?

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OtterMummy2024 · 24/11/2024 21:33

Any signs of a cough or cold? Infection - or teething - can suddenly put babies off their feed. My little one has been a bit off her feeds with RSV all week :(

tghuman1 · 25/11/2024 19:25

OtterMummy2024 · 24/11/2024 21:33

Any signs of a cough or cold? Infection - or teething - can suddenly put babies off their feed. My little one has been a bit off her feeds with RSV all week :(

She is definitely teething, and I read in a bunch of places online that this could be the cause because of how sucking a thicker formula can require more effort. But unsure because she has all the signs of what bottle aversion looks like.

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tarheelbaby · 25/11/2024 19:44

My situation was v different from yours but DD1 drank a lot of formula in her day. And then, one day, she didn't want it anymore. She was older than your LO, closer to 12 mos., but she just wasn't interested. A friend with a similarly aged child had the same thing - her DD reached a point that the formula/milk was not appealing.
If you think suckling on the bottle is hurting her, you could try using a sippy cup or a beaker?

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