Hi all, I know this subject probably gets done to death but I am getting a bit desperate. 6 month old baby who absolutely refuses a bottle. In fact she refuses solids too. She'll take sips from a doidy cup but often spits it back out. Won't take a sippy cup.
I am going back to work in a month. I'll only be able to the 7am feed and then feeding between 8pm and 11pm, but she is usually asleep then. I can't feed between 11pm and 7am as I would just be too tired to do my job.
We have tried everything to get her to take a bottle it feels like. Countless different bottles. Different sterilisation methods. Out of the house, at home, me giving it, DH giving it, someone else giving it, different times of the day, bedtime, etc etc. Can anyone offer some different advice or success stories? The only option that seems left is me leaving the house for longer and longer periods. But what if she literally starves herself for hours? I just don't know what to do. DH will be at home when I go back so that is something but I'm seriously worried she might not really eat or drink for 12 hours when I'm away and then will be all up night crying for breast milk when I can't give it to her anyway 