My DS has suddenly (since this afternoon) started refusing his bottle. This is pretty much unheard of. He has never refused his night-time milk and tonight we've spent an hour trying to give it to him in all sorts of different vessels, and no joy. He is screaming though and making the milk sign frantically.
A bit of background....
He has been on formula for 6 months now and has always loved his milk. He has gone through stages of not being fussed about the arvo milk but has always been hungry for his evening milk. Two things have happened recently that could be the trigger....
He started nursery last week but is settling in well. No probs with drinking his milk (he wouldn't eat solids there at first but now is fine) and the staff are pleased. The second thing we've changed is that I started him on the 1 year plus milk earlier this week. It was obvious he was less bothered about it than he was about his normal formula, but as he was guzzling loads of milk and not eating at nursery at that time, I wasn't bothered and thought it could be a good thing. After he kept refusing tonight though my DP nipped to the shops and got the usual milk. But he won't take any kind of milk now. I just looked this up online and it seems quite usual at this age (asserting independence etc) BUT why is he signing for it? He took a bit from his TT cup in his highchair but seemed more keen to hurl milk around and make pretty patterns with it on his tray. He doesn't seem at all ill. He eats well, in terms of solids.
Anyone else has this - particularly the bit about refusing milk but still clearly seeming to want it, or appearing to (through signing)? Any advice?