My dd3 is nearly 8months old and I really want her to take a bottle. To be honest I want to give breast feeding up now and move to follow on milk but dd has other ideas.
She wont take a bottle, cup, any formula or expressed milk. She wont let anyone else do it whether I am in the house or out. I have tried loads of different teats, spouts, open cup, warm formula, cold formula,expressed milk and then I tried sticking to one teat for afew weeks to see if she would get used to it. The only thing she will take is me.
I havent had a break from her for longer than 2hrs since she was born so when I came to weaning her at 6months I thought it would get better. But she has refused to let me spoon feed her so she is just eating finger foods, which is fine but obviously less actually goes in.
So in desperation I have tried 'starving' her to make her take the bottle in the day but feeding her in the morning and at bedtime. She is just waiting for night feeds and basically crying all day. She will drink water and sometimes eats a resonable ammount but today she has had;
Morning breastfeed
Refused to eat any breakfast, afew sips of water
Refused formula midmorning
Ate about half a toast finger at lunch, drank almost an oz of water
Refused formula midafternoon
Ate small ammount of potato, carrot and chicken for tea, afew sips of water
Then I will give her a feed before bedtime.
It just isnt enough. She is obviously hungry. I just dont know what to do. I am getting really desperate and feel on the verge of tears all the time, epsecially when she is crying and obviously wants a feed. If anyone has any words of wisdom, I would greatly appreciate them.