LO hates formula!

[Teacher2019]

Hi everyone,

Ftm.

Was wondering if someone can offer me some advice.

LO is now 6 months and has never been a fan of formula. ( I could not breast feed because of no milk) every feed has been a struggle.

She has a feed every 3 hours and the she drinks about 3/4 oz. Never more than 4oz. Sometimes just 2oz.

I have started solids which she seems to like but again she can't eat much. About 2/3 tea spoons.

She drinks her formula in about 20-30 minutes. Sometimes an hour. It is much easier when I put her to sleep! This has been extremely tiring.

In July I return back to work and my husband will look after her on Mondays and close family friend will look after her the other days.

My husband is useless. She never drinks her formula with him. I'm so worried. And he doesn't try as hard.

I feel like I'm the only one who can get her to drink formula. I'm so worried about what will happen.

Will it be okay to give solids all day?? (Also she can wait 5-6 hours and still not want her formula!)

Or do I leave work but need the money.

Has anyone else been in this situation with a difficult baby?

Any advice will be appreciated.

Thank you

Ds2 was breastfed until 6 months when I went back to work and he also wouldn't take a bottle from dh - didn't matter if it was formula or bm.

He was fine. Dh gave him solids and water during the day and I fed him when I got home. The only downside was that he started feeding during the night again which was exhausting, but that was only for maybe a month and things settled down.

Thank you sleephead.

I'm still feeding her at night time because she wont drink enough during the day.

But will do what you did. Thank you. Feel a bit more calmer now. He can feed solid and water and when I get home I will do the milk round.

Ftm and this has been soo difficult

I think I was lucky as it was my second and things were so tricky with ds1 that everything ds2 did seemed straightforward in comparison!

Your dd & dh will find their way . Might be worth him trying a lidded cup if not tried before as well as sometimes that makes a difference.

Thank you I have ordered a sippy cup!! Hope that helps

The other thing to bear in mind is that although July feels really close to you, it's a third of her lifetime again - she'll be so different by then and it might not be an issue so give yourself a break and just enjoy her because you'll be ok!

Thank you so much sleepyhead. I was actually thinking that too. Maybe she will be different by then. Hopefully. Thank you for your words. I feel so much better!

I could of wrote this. DD is 5months and every single bottle since shes been born has been a battle. Shell drink 2oz in 10 mins and then start screaming and fighting me, not reflux, shes just having a full blown paddy (shes always had a temper) Takes her an hour to drink a bottle, sometimes more. Sometimes will only drink 5oz other times shell take 7oz. I still dream feed her 5oz when i go to bed. She sleeps through the night so usually has 5-6 bottles a day. We started weaning early because she was constantly in our food. Dp doesnt persevere with her and she leaves ALOT more with him, ill keep it up and change positions until shell start again but i wont humour her having a paddy, if i did, shed drink half of what she does now. Ive tried every teat combination possible.

Oh my iv tried every teat possible too. So this morning she has only drunk 1 oz and I just feel helpless now. I decided not to wake her up for night feed and see if she will take morning feed but no. This means I need to continue waking up every 3 hours to feed her. It's much easier to feed her when she is asleep.

She starts fighting after two oz , but if you dont back down and let her and her paddy win, she will admit defeat and drink the better part of 7oz. DP just stops at 2oz if im not around or just hands her off to me and goes back into the garage if i am.

Do you not find that annoying? I cant wait to see what he does when I'm off to work!

I had a very prem baby who hated milk OP, it’s so draining. Is she still under paediatric care at the hospital and following her growth curve? My DS decided at 6 months that he wanted to sleep 6-6 and I just did a dream feed at 11pm he didn’t take much though his consultant said it was ok for him to go this long and he only ever sat in the 2nd centile. He’s 9 now and still eats like a bird but he has thrived (just a bit smaller than his mates) x