She is 3 1/2 months old and I breasfeed from 3pm - 6 am and she takes formula during the day at the sitters. This was working fine until the last few weeks she has decided to hold out and not eat during the day and wait on me. The sitter has to fight to get her to eat an ounce or two during the 8 hours I am at work. She seems to still be gaining weight fine though...
2006-11-01 05:45:28 · 11 answers · asked by Becky S 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Try mixing your breast milk with the formula. When you first get home feed her that bottle. Then when your babysitter feeds her it will taste the same as she "remembers" you feeding her.
2006-11-01 05:50:51 · answer #1 · answered by Diane A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I breastfed my daughter and found that she preferred breast milk over formula so I had to start pumping my breast milk in order for her to be left with a sitter. You can pump during your break at work and put it in the fidge. She may still be hard to get to take the bottle at first until she actually gets to taste the milk, then she will more than likely take it more easily. Have the sitter warm the bottle in some warm water before feeding it to her so that it is not so chilled and will be more like the breast, also if you use the avent bottles, they are more like the breast than other bottle nipples.
2006-11-01 05:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by hubbiesapplepie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been a daycare provider for 20 years. Only once did I have an infant hold-out with a bottle. Mom nursed her whenever she wasn't with me and brought me expressed breast milk to use. We tried everything we could thing of - different bottles, different nipples, different temperatures of the milk. What ended up working the best was letting her drink out of a baby cup. Not the newer type with the sippy lid, but the old fashioned style with the lid that has a spout with holes in it. When you tip it into the mouth, some of the liquid comes out of the holes and it is not hard to suck on. She never did take a bottle from me. She'd take a bottle from her dad and her grandma, but not her mom and not from me. About 9 months old, she started using a small cup with a built in straw and she used that until she was 4 and used a regular cup with no lid. She's 7 now and I am taking care of her little sister, but we didn't have bottle problems with her.
2006-11-01 07:16:37 · answer #3 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is 7 months and been doing that since 5 months when he started a sitter. He started to take a feeding during the night, and I let him because I figure the 8 hours normal night stretch he now does during the day. I told my doctor and she wan't concerned. Does the baby eat food, though? Mine eat food like cereal so there is something in his belly , but no drinking at all.
2006-11-01 05:52:45 · answer #4 · answered by In Luv w/ 2 B, 1 G + 1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is young so she probably rather the breast milk instead of the formula, try pumping your milk out into a bottle and see if she will take it,if she does then she doesn't like the taste of the formula and maybe you need to change the brand.Also check to see if she is coming down with a cold because when babies get sick they only want their mothers milk which is more easier for the baby to digest and it also helps them fight against the cold. Check with your pediatrician for more answers. Good Luck.
2006-11-01 05:56:54 · answer #5 · answered by BASHFUL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps she just prefers the breast. Your baby won't starve herself, which is why she's still gaining weight. But she obviously likes what you have to offer! Breastfeeding is more soothing, comfortable, and bonding. Perhaps you could pump milk so she could at least have the taste of mommy. I think this will solve your problem. If you try it and after a few days there is still a fuss, see your pediatrician to talk about it. Good Luck!
2006-11-01 05:54:53 · answer #6 · answered by Nikki 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she might be used to the taste of your breast milk, breast milk and formula have two different tastes to it. So try pumping and then feeding it to her. also try to find a bottle the resembles you nipple I use the Gerber Bottles and my son likes it. I tried other bottles but he would not have anything to do with them
I wish you luck
2006-11-01 06:27:04 · answer #7 · answered by amberela_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe shes more use to your breast milk try pumping bottles the night before and morning before u leave her with the sitter...
2006-11-01 05:48:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pumping bottles of breast milk sounds like the best solution.
2006-11-01 05:53:17 · answer #9 · answered by mommy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She might just be missing you and doesn't want any one else to feed her because that's a special connection with you.
2006-11-01 05:51:44 · answer #10 · answered by Jenna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋