Baby refuse the bottle and he won't sleep in the pram

[elena25]

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The baby refuse the milk bottle and he refuse to eat properly
Also he don't sleep in his cot and all the time I need to rock him to fall asleep
I tryed everything I don't know what to do anymore
He sleeps in my arms and when I try to put him in the cot he wakes up and start crying him eyes out.

You might get more responses if you post this in either the sleep or feeding section :)

How old is your baby?

10 months

Hi Elena25,

We've moved this thread to 'sleep' because we think you'll get a better response there.

Hi Elena I'm afraid I have no advice regarding the feeding, if you're worried about how much he is eating perhaps you should talk to your health visitor or even your GP if he seems very unhappy.

About the sleep: I haven't had to do it for some time but putting any baby down asleep is hard, and harder as they get bigger! I have two alternative suggestions:

1. Can you cosleep at least for a while? He sounds like he might appreciate the reassurance and at least you wouldn't have to move him.
2. If not, perhaps it is time to try some sleep training. You don't have to leave him to cry, but you do need to be consistent and stick with one thing for quite a few days. I really suggest you read the original post in the thread "what worked for us" because that method is quite gentle but really does work - we did something similar.

You didn't say whether this behaviour has just started or has been going on for some time. Hopefully it's just a phase that will sort itself out soon - my daughter wasn't eating the other week but she's fine now.

Best of luck!

Hi Elena Maybe look at your feeding routine. Are you offering formula in a sippy cup or just breast feeding? My daughter never took a bottle, she went straight to a cup at 7mths. It takes a while for them to take a good quantity of milk that way but if you leave the cup where she can see it and keep offering it they get the hang of it after a couple of weeks.

As for settling at night. After tea , bath, story and final milk feed you know baby is tired and has a full tummy. So then you can ( if you want to) start some sleep training. Try putting baby in cot and standing next to cot facing side on to him/her. Then its just a matter of laying them down again and again. If she/he is totally hysterical do cuddle to calm them then straight back down in to cot.

Stay in the room till he/she settles and falls asleep on own. This could take up to 2 hours. But perservere. It'll get better each time you ddo it. Through the night and the next night etc. In a couple of weeks baby should be able to go in to cot and fall asleep peacefully on its own.

Hope this makes sense.

Sorry! Just seen baby a he.