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7-Month Old Refusing to Nurse, Also Refuses Bottle and Sippy Cup - Need Help!
Asked by B.F. from Denver
on June 19, 2009
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Hi,
My son is 7 months old and is exclusively breastfed. Breastfeeding has been going well for the past few months. Two weeks ago, he started biting me at the begin...
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- Is there any chance the antibiotics did not work and he still has an ear infection? This happened to my oldest when she was 7 and had strep throat. If you have not y...
- Hi, I have a 7-month old as well and he also drinks far less milk than he used to, even though he is still drinkingn from a bottle. Sounds to me like yours just wants ...
- Hello! Well, I feel for you. I have a 10-month-old who I'm actually in the process of trying to gradually wean from the breast but he has the opposite problem, he do...
2 Month Old Refuses to Nurse
Asked by A.O. from Sherman
on July 25, 2008
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My wonderful Norah, who has been a great nurser until today, is refusing to nurse. She turns her head away from me and will even cry when I offer her the breast. At fi...
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- my daughter refused to nurse a couple of weeks ago, and it was due to the fact that i had eaten 4 pieces of garlic bread - it must have made my milk taste bad - i pump...
- My 11 week old just went through nipple strike as well...it lasted almost 5 days. He would scream at me when I offered the breast. However, I just kept offering it, pu...
- There are so many reasons a baby could go on a nursing strike that it is really hard to answer this question with out know what your day to day routine is like. The b...
Breast Fed Baby Refuses Breast in Evening and on Weekends but Not at Night
Asked by M.P. from Portland
on July 3, 2011
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edited My daughter works full time and pumps so that her baby will have mostly breastmilk. Baby refuses breast in the evening and on the week ends now that she's g...
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- Try giving her an ounce from the bottle and then breastfeeding her. It might just be that she's starving and wants it faster than she can get it from mom. Once she's g...
- As hard as it may be for her (your daughter) she needs to cut out all bottles when she's at home with her child. NO BOTTLES when Mommy is home. It may take a full da...
- I agree with everyone else that no bottles with mom is the way to go but also look at what bottle is being used during the week. I highly recommend the Playtex nurser...
Ok to Nurse While Pregnant?
Asked by N.S. from Chicago
on June 16, 2007
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I just found out I am pregnant again (about 6 weeks) and I have an appt. with my dr. on monday. The nurse told me over the phone that I would need to stop nursing my 7...
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- N.: Yes, it is ok. to nurse while pregnant. It is done by a number of mammal species... of which we are one. Can this nurse show you the research to substanti...
- your nurse / doctor is totally unimformed. Switch to someone who knows something. She is crazy. Has she ever heard of the benefits and advantages of tandem nursing?...
- I don't really know much about this except that there are people who do it and continue to tandem nurse after the baby is born. Here's something I found looking aro...
Weaning a Breast Fed Baby to Formula and a Bottle
Asked by J.W. from Chicago
on April 28, 2010
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Can someone help me with suggestions on how to wean my five an a half month old to a bottle and formula? She is only breast fed, and refuses to take a bottle and hate...
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- We got my daughter to start taking a bottle and formula at about that age by making her cereal with formula and since she loved eating off the spoon, she got used to t...
- My son started formula later transitioning when he was 9-10 months old. Carnation Good Start was the only formula he'd take. I've heard that it tends to "taste" the ...
- try warming the formula using a bottle warmer. my daughter did he same thing but LOVES it warm!
Breast Feed Baby Who Won't Take a Bottle
Asked by R.L. from Cleveland
on July 15, 2008
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I have have a 4 month old daughter who has been breast feed. I am ready to wean her as we are starting solid foods (rice cereal so far). She will not take a bottle ...
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- Neither one of my girls took a bottle either. They went straight to a sippy cup, the ones that you have to suck on to get the liquid out. However, I breastfed one fo...
- Pedi's agree that babies need full fat milk until age 2 for proper brain development. What better that milk that is made specifically for them? Why stop giving people ...
- R., A mother and her baby should breastfeed for as long as they wish to breastfeed. The American Academy of Pediatrics currently (2005) recommends: "Pediatricians ...
1 1/2 Year Old Refuses to Give up Bottle
Asked by G.W. from Seattle
on September 19, 2008
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I have a stubborn strong willed independant 1 1/2 y.o. who refuses to give up her bottle. I have pretty much gotten it down to only a bottle at nap times and bed time....
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- If it were me I would just get rid of that last one. She will eventually learn to drink it from a cup. Have you tried a big cup (with your help of course. She might dr...
- G., I wouldn't worry about getting rid of the bottle right now, she is only having one at nap and bedtime it's not like she is running around all day with one. I am s...
- I can relate to this problem. My daughter finally gave up the bottle at @ 20 months and it has been a fight to get her to drink milk ever since. She drinks juice and...
How Frequently Should My Baby Nurse?
Asked by J.G. from San Diego
on October 6, 2009
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My baby is 12 weeks old and only nurses around 5 times / day. He typically will nurse as follow: 7 AM (wakes at 6:30), again around 10, sometime around lunchtime (12...
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- This sounds almost identical to my little guy, and he seemed to get enough! I guess it would depend on how much he is getting at each meal, but if he was hungry inbet...
- Babies know much better than mommies how much they need to drink/eat.
- No worries, babies let you know when they want to eat and exactly how much! If he's growing and his development is on target (don't think of it as normal, just think ...
Need Help Weening Baby from Breast to Bottle
Asked by A.H. from Alexandria
on March 16, 2009
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I have a precious 5 month old whom i am breastfeeding, i need to ween him in the next month or so due to my own medical problems. I have been trying for about 2 months...
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- My first child refused all bottles at all times. We're getting ready to welcome #2 and i've been reading about a new type of bottle that people are saying is a miracl...
- My 4 month old drinks out of the NUK bottles while I am at work but won't take it from me. He will however take a cup since NUK makes cup attachments that go to the bo...
- I've always had good luck w/ our bottles - breastflow by the first years, you can get them at target, or babiesrus. A stage one nipple mimics the breast pretty well, ...
Transitioning from Breast to Bottle
Asked by M.M. from Chicago
on January 30, 2009
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I have a 6 month old and for the last month or so she refuses to eat anything from a bottle. I need some suggestions on how to get her to take a bottle. I feel like ...
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- Hi M.: I have had the same problem. My 8 month old still "snubs" the bottle. What has worked to tie her over is the Natural Nurser bottle. I found it at Bye Bye Ba...
- I was in your same situation around that age with my daughter. She's now almost 10 months old and drinks from her bottle like a champ, but wanted nothing to do with it...
- Hi M., My daughter NEVER drank from a bottle, so it was pretty tough getting away... so I feel your pain :) As such the only way I was able to get away at all was to...
