That he adamantly refused for four hours until I got home. We didn't think much of it, I nursed him when I got home and we chalked it up to a fluke.
Until today. He refused to take it again. Let me describe to you the scene I discovered when I got lucky enough to come home early (Mind you I was excited to come home early and then I am greeted with a grouchy, incredibly displeased baby). The Booger sitting in his grandma's lap, slapping his bottle with quite an amazing amount of force, arching his back with every ounce he had, and squealing with an intense amount of displeasure. He then preceded to wiggle himself down, chew on the bottle, pull it out of his mouth, and screech some more. This went on for several minutes, all to my amazement that my generally good natured baby was throwing and all out baby tantrum! Complete with kicking feet.
The last couple times, we've offered the bottle a few times, then when he refused, gave him his usual cereal and fruit for lunch, and kept attempting to offer the bottle. But I think this is counteractive because then he's not really even hungry. After some talking with my sister, I think we've decided to not give him lunch until he takes his bottle. My rationale is that breastmilk is more important than anything else as this point, so we'll wait until he's hungry enough to take his bottle. I've also thought about offering it in a sippy cup. (Stay tuned for more ponderings about those crazy things!)
Ugh! I've barely even started getting into what will be our new situation, and am torn enough just knowing how much I will miss him from now on. Doesn't he know this is hard enough without worrying about him eating enough? Anyone have any suggestions for their own bottle strike experiences?
The naughty boy being cute as a button
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Oh, I don't think it clicked to me earlier when we were chatting that he just hadn't had/needed a bottle in a while...that could make the difference too - he's out of that routine and spoiled with his momma! ;-) He'll get past it once he (1) realizes nothing else is coming and (2) he gets hungry enough.
Don't stress...when my two started day care around 3-4 months old, I don't think Sarah ate more than like 4 or 5 oz all day while I was away. I used to freak out b/c she ate so little and I figured they must be doing something wrong, but she just needed to adjust. She was fine, she was healthy and she ate more later to make up for it. Luke will be fine, too! :-)
When my daughter was 6 months old, I stopped producing milk, for no apparent reason, but there was nothing there for her, she did not eat anything for 4 days before she finally took the bottle. She still displays that kind of stubbornness at 10! She screamed and screamed, I would try to nurse but she was getting nothing, she would just scream more, we offered the bottle and got the same kind of tantrums, we tried cereal and veggies but she even refused those, she was determined but unfortunately I couldn't do anything about it! He will take it hopefully it dosen't take as long as my daughter did!! She lost 4 lbs. but quickly gained it back when she started eating again, and got quite chubby when she started taking formula.Hope your final internship is going well! I know how you feel about being away!!
Cody was the same way, so don't worry. He'll eat when he gets hungry, and believe me it wont take that long. They are just stubborn just like the rest of us, ha, ha... Cody will still go without lunch or breakfast sometimes, and just eat when he gets hungry. So don't worry too much. Love ya! ;0)
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