hi moms
My son is 4mo and use to take a bottle just fine, when i needed to give him one. But for the past month (i think) its been strictly breast feeding.......
so the last two times that i needed to leave him with a sitter he has cried for 20+min then fallen asleep and woken up and cried some more and finally caves and takes about 1oz.....I dont want this to happen every time i need to leave him......is there a specific bottle i can try or a trick ...im desperate... i dont want to leave knowing my baby isnt eating or cries for so long.......
Can you just make plans to take him with you instead of leaving him with a sitter? My daughter is almost 18 months and we practice attachment parenting and I just left her for an hour and a half with her daddy for the first time last week.
Not judging, please don't take it that way... just curious if there would be an alternative to having to leave him.
I would try and have someone bottle feed him at least once a week or so to remind him that bottles are ok too. To get him back "on" it, try pumping an ounce or so and imediately give it to your husband (and you leave) to feed your son. He's most likely to take a bit when he is hungry and it is very fresh.
You can try different bottles, and have them squirt a little milk in his mouth so he knows what it is. You should not bottle him, so maybe every other evening have dad give him a bottle and you just pump.
The only thing I can think of to do, is to either try to breasfeed him before you leave him ( if possible), or if not you may have to have him take a bottle once or twice a week at home so he is used to it on the occassion you need to leave him with a sitter.
