This is similar to another thread, I know, but the Battle of the Bottle continues here. I'll try to keep it brief.
Baby is 10 months exactly tomorrow. Has been exclusively bfed, and has always fed like a pro. He takes solids now - a lot!! - and eats really well: porridge breakfast with milk, savoury main and pudding (yoghurt or fruit) for lunch, weetabix with ebm for afternoon tea, often followed by yoghurt or fruit (depending on which he had for lunch) and then savoury main and pudding for supper.
He goes to nursery - but not at the moment - and has refused a bottle since November and will not take any ever no way. The compromise was the delicious weetabix ebm combo. He will take sips of water from a doidy cup but that's a recent thing and he doesn't take great amounts.
My concern now is that he's just not taking enough bmilk. I've been with him all the time the past 2 weeks, and he feeds first thing really well, but then after lunch isn't really interested. He used to have an afternoon feed too, 4ish when in nursery when I picked him up, but these last two weeks he's not very interested in that.
He has a good feed before bed though.
Daytimes has been starting to feed, mucking around, wriggling away, pulling up my top if I pull it down thinking he's done, two sucks, then giggling and escaping.
So, he's 10 months, not losing weight (but not gaining fast either but he's always been small and undersized) and not really bfing properly during the day. Should I be worried, and what should I do? Give up on daytime feeds unless he demands one? Is this a Very Bad Thing? It would be nice for me if he decides he doesn't want to bf like some babies do (rather than me having to call it a day and reject him ) but I wasn't really expecting it this early. And the bottle rejection means I'm a bit stuck really as there's no alternative - so if he rejects the breast, there's no bottle either!
I suppose I can see how he goes when he's back at nursery next week, because I find separation= demand feeding normally.