So my dd has been refusing bottle/reverse cycling. She seems to be getting better each day with the bottle today she ate 8 out of her 12 ounces. She is only bottle fed at the sitter and we nurse on demand when we are together. Today my sitter recommended that this weekend I should continue to give her the 3 usual bottles that she gets during the week. I want to do whatever will make it easy for my dd while Im away but I hate pumping :( Do yall think this is best??
Nope. Not at all. It will NOT make her any more inclined to take a bottle and make more work for you.
Quoting mckinneymom918:
Don't do it! If your sitter is pushing you to do that she's kind of pushing you to wean, I mean not intentionally, but by urging you to give bottles when your home will make the baby confused. My opinion is, it's hard enough to leave the baby's, the sitter should be able to handle it while your gone. She'll get better, as she learns to handle you being gone.
that is what I was thinking but some days she will not drink her bottle at all (I know she is ok) but I dont want my sitter to quit watching her bc of her being fussy all day. Each day she is getting better. What if I did 1 bottle a day...??
How long are you separated from her? 12 oz in bottles sounds a tad high. And I would bet money if you give her bottles when you're together you won't have to worry about her taking bottles much longer - she will start to prefer them and you'll end up asking how to get her back to the breast. It's a delicate balance.
Quoting lucaslexie:
Quoting mckinneymom918:
Don't do it! If your sitter is pushing you to do that she's kind of pushing you to wean, I mean not intentionally, but by urging you to give bottles when your home will make the baby confused. My opinion is, it's hard enough to leave the baby's, the sitter should be able to handle it while your gone. She'll get better, as she learns to handle you being gone.that is what I was thinking but some days she will not drink her bottle at all (I know she is ok) but I dont want my sitter to quit watching her bc of her being fussy all day. Each day she is getting better. What if I did 1 bottle a day...??
Absolutely not! Babies who refuse bottles do it regardless of if they are given bottles every day. The only thing you would do in that situation is increase the chances that she will begin to refuse the breast!
Your baby is doing FINE!
Quoting lucaslexie:that is what I was thinking but some days she will not drink her bottle at all (I know she is ok) but I dont want my sitter to quit watching her bc of her being fussy all day. Each day she is getting better. What if I did 1 bottle a day...??
NO bottles per day. Sorry. A caregiver who cannot handle a fussy baby without sticking a bottle in baby's mouth is NOT a caregiver to be kept.
What do you while nursing your lil one?
- lucaslexie
on Jan. 3, 2013 at 7:23 PM