Hello - my 8 month old boy hasn't had any milk in over 24 hours and the last feed was only 100mls. I stopped breastfeeding him around 6 weeks ago, because he just lost interest in it after starting solids, and wasn't ever staying on long enough to get let down. It got very stressful. We started him on formula and he was ok taking a bottle but only ever took about 40 mls at a time (just over an ounce). Then I figured out that I could get about 150mls into him at a time if I caught him just before he woke up from his nap and we started doing a dream feed at about 11pm when he would take about 180-200mls. So on a good day he might get about 14 ounces in total. But in the last couple of days he's even refusing these feeds.
Since we started on formula I have been putting it into all his meals and trying to give him yoghurt and cheese etc, but there's only so much you can put in their food before it becomes soup! I make sure he always has a sippy cup with water in it nearby and he sips at that throughout the day. By dinnertime he really guzzles it down.
The last few nappies have been pretty dry. But he poohs quite a lot.
Has anyone else had a baby who just wouldn't drink milk? I'm beside myself with worry about all the vitamins etc he is missing out on, and also the lack of fluids he is taking in. But i just don't know what to do! Advice or similar stories would be appreciated!