Great suggestions!
We have tried the Avent, the Baby CLub (just one we got with the steriliser, and the Tommee Tippee which cost a fortune
Melanie - havent thought about water - the other day she grabbed my sisters pump bottle and we were laughing and realised that the top was popped off and she drank the water! Do youthink to try boiled water first and then go to EBM? We fed her from a cup at birth - when she was starving and all I could express was 5 mL of colostrum so she had some formula at 3 days in hospital from a cup. Might be a last resort.
Lucy - I like the idea of warmer EBM maybe I havent been warming it up as much as I could be. Also I try to stay calm and relaxed - I like the song thing too - might have to try that too.
ETA - Barb - great suggestion of going out for 6 hours! I might just have to do that. Im a primary teacher and at this time of year lots of teachers take leave to do reports and just because they are sick and tired of the whole year :cyringlaugh: I know I took more time off later in the year from pure exhaustion! So my chances are pretty good right now- having said that we are lucky that we aren't in desperate need - it would just help hugely with xmas and my mental state! Great link - thank you!
Last edited by Beach Mama; October 31st, 2007 at 01:43 PM.
Tan- Izzy is sounding just like how Ashleigh used to be. I went thru all that an and off for months, tried everything, eventually she just started doing it. It wasn't til she was bout 9 months though, hopefully you'll get success sooner.
As mentioned try going out for 6 hours and see how she goes. She may surprise you. If she is on solids maybe slip in a little extra while you're not there if she is refusing the milk.
And the cup might be good idea or you could even try a syringe? Just to get what you need into her while not there.
Good luck with it all, I totally understand how you feel, I used to feel trapped at times, there'd be times when I just needed time out but was so hard cause Ash was feeding like 2.5 hourly up til 6 months.
Tan, just a little thought, I think in most of the non-spill cups you can just pull the valve out. That saves you buying a whole new cup, especially if it doesn't work! And the non non-spill (LOL) cups are hard to find! Nicholas loves his though, to drink water from. He thinks it's a bit of a game.
And I agree with the others, stressful as it will be for you, just GO OUT! Seriously, if she's hungry enough, she'll take it however it comes, and if she's not that hungry she'll wait til you come home. Like Barb said, Izzy and Grandma will sort it out!
I hope you sort something out soon hun
PS let me know how you went tonight!
ETA If you can bear to try another bottle teat, give the Pigeon peristaltic a go. It is our much preferred teat, and I think it's the one Lucy said Charlie preferred in the end. You can get it in wide and narrow neck sizes, and you could try the 'Y' which is a variable flow teat.
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