I only registered a few days ago, and my plan was to lurk for ages soaking up good advice before posting... and then this happened.
My 8mo has been getting gradually weaned since he was 4 months old (I know, I know, but it was on the health visitor's advice - I couldn't fill him with milk). For the last month, he's been drinking a bottle of milk in the morning and one at night himself, lying down. Any attempt by myself or my husband to feed him resulted in screaming, kicking, and not drinking until allowed to do it himself again.
Two nights ago, he started throwing his bottle away every few sips and didn't seem interested. Yesterday morning was the same (eventually took 7oz), and last night he got so bad that after 40 minutes (he normally drinks a bottle in 10-15 minutes) we poured what was left into the cup he normally has his juice out of. That got another 3-4oz into him, so a total of about 7 again. This morning I made his milk in his cup (6oz, since that's all it holds) and he wasn't interested. Put it into a bottle and he continued the sip-throw away-roll over thing. So this morning he has managed 5oz.
He's been drinking the same milk from the same bottles since he was born. The only thing that has changed recently is that on Friday night (despite my specific instructions to the contrary, but that's a whole different story) when my husband's family were looking after him for a few hours they fed him his bottle rather than letting him do it himself (I have no idea how they managed).
Any advice welcome if people have time to offer it - this is my first baby and I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong here. My mum claims that if he wanted it he wouldn't throw it away, though did suggest buying larger teats (he's on a size 3 at the moment). My MiL hasn't yet been consulted because she'll just tell me how she brought up her 5 and never had any problems...